Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by frequent word search and a much slower speech rate
than non-aphasic speech. For patients with this type of aphasia, communication with those …

Gesture and prosody in non-fluent aphasic speech. Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by
frequent word searches and a slower speech-rate than is found in fluent speech. For people …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

Purpose People with aphasia (PWA) use different kinds of gesture spontaneously when they
communicate. Although there is evidence that the nature of the communicative task …

Gesture can convey information co-occurring with and in the absence of speech. As such, it
seems a useful strategy for people with aphasia (PWA) to compensate for their impaired …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that frequently
accompany speech and play an important role in everyday communication. When …

In my research, I replicate two fundamental hypotheses established by Jakob et al.(2011): 1)
Persons with aphasia (PWA) produce more gestures than healthy control persons (HCP) …

Purpose: Adults with aphasia gesture more than adults without aphasia. However, less is
known about the role of gesture in different discourse contexts for individuals with different …

Aphasia is a profound language pathology hampering speech production and/or
comprehension. People With Aphasia (PWA) use more manual gestures than Non-Brain …

The purpose of this study was to see how features of gestures produced by persons with
aphasia (PWA) are affected and to relate the findings to possible underlying factors …