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Mariana Mestrinho Ferreira

Mariana Mestrinho Ferreira

Campus Neurológico, Lisboa, Portugal

Mariana Mestrinho Ferreira is a Speech and Language Therapist at Campus Neurológico (CNS), where she provides clinical and home-based intervention for adults and older adults in the areas of communication, language, speech, and swallowing, with a particular focus on neurological and neurodegenerative disorders. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Speech and Language Therapy from the Escola Superior de Saúde de Alcoitão, Portugal. During her undergraduate training, she completed clinical placements in a variety of healthcare settings, including the Portuguese Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association (APELA) and Campus Neurológico Sénior, as well as an Erasmus+ clinical placement at the Pontifical University of Salamanca, Spain. Her clinical practice focuses on the assessment and rehabilitation of individuals with acquired and progressive neurological conditions, with particular interests in aphasia, dysphagia, and functional communication. She is currently undertaking an Advanced Specialization in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) at Instituto CRIAP and has completed specialized training in aphasia approaches and theories through the Portuguese Aphasia Institute, as well as postgraduate training in oropharyngeal dysphagia.

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Speaker Events

November 10, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 8:30 am EST

Generative Artificial Intelligence Supporting Functional Communication and Return to Work in a Person With Wernicke’s Aphasia: A Case Study

View a global list of converted local start times Session ID: 72 Objectives: 1. Describe how mainstream generativa AI tools (personalised LLM agents and skills, transcription, text-to-speech, voice cloning) can […]