The mobilization of knowledge is at the heart of the laboratory’s values
The lab has established long-standing collaborations with multiple rehabilitation stakeholders. In partnership with members of the laboratory, clinical speech therapists and stroke survivors have developed clinical tools that drive changes in practice in the French-speaking world and around the world.
The i-MEL.fr Protocol – available as a digital application on the AppStore – is a vast battery designed for the evaluation of acquired communication disorders, without regard to the site or type of brain lesion (e.g. Aphasia, right stroke, neurodegenerative disease…)
The MEC protocol, originaly developed in French for the evaluation of acquired communication disorders, has been adapted to the languages and cultures in several countries:
- English : MEC Protocol
- Spanish : MEC Protocol
- Brazilian Portuguese and European Portuguese: MAC Battery,
- Italian : Protocollo MEC
- German : MEC Testverfahren
- Farsi (Iran): in progress
- Flemish (Belgium and Netherlands): in progress
The i-MEC.fr – available as a digital application on the AppStore – is the abbreviated version of the MEC Protocol. It allows for bedside assessment for guidance and referral for further assessment.
The MIC Program was designed as a toolbox to intervene on pragmatic and discursive disorders, intended for communication clinicians.
Communication and aging 