Background: Aphasia affects one third of acute stroke patients. There is a considerable
spontaneous recovery in aphasia, but impaired communication ability remains a great …

Purpose: Most clinicians would recommend speech and language therapy (SLT) for aphasic
patients. The question of when and for how long SLT should be administered still remains …

Introduction One third of patients with acute stroke have aphasia. The majority receive
speech and language therapy. There is evidence for a beneficial effect of speech and …

Background Effectiveness of early intensive aphasia rehabilitation after stroke is unknown.
The Very Early Rehabilitation for SpEech trial (VERSE) aimed to determine whether …

Background Aphasia is a severely disabling condition occurring in 20 to 25% of stroke
patients. Most patients with aphasia due to stroke receive speech and language therapy …

The aim of this study was to investigate the time window, duration and intensity of optimal
speech and language therapy applied to aphasic patients with subacute stroke in our …

Background and purpose Early stroke rehabilitation has shown benefits over spontaneous
recovery. Insufficient evidence exists to determine the benefits of early aphasia intervention …

Background The two main approaches in aphasia treatment are cognitive–linguistic
treatment (CLT), aimed at restoring the linguistic levels affected, semantics, phonology or …

Background There is conflicting evidence regarding the benefits of intensive speech and
language therapy (SLT), particularly because intensity is often confounded with total SLT …

Context and aims This study aimed to assess the feasibility of professional based
conventional speech language therapy (SLT) either alone (Group A/less intensive) or …