Background Acquired brain injury (ABI), especially to the right hemisphere, can result in
difficulty using or understanding prosodic contours in speech. Prosody is used to convey …

Aprosodia, the inability to either produce or comprehend the affective components of speech
or gesture, is a common occurrence after brain injury. The prosodic components of speech …

Purpose: Hemispheric specialization for the comprehension and expression of linguistic and
emotional prosody is typically attributed to the right hemisphere. This study used techniques …

Expressive aprosodia is an impaired ability to change one's voice to express common
emotions such as joy, anger, and sadness. Individuals with aprosodia speak in a flat …

Many adults with acquired brain injuries, including traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have
impaired emotion perception. Impaired perception of emotion in voice can occur …

Background Individuals with affective‐prosodic deficits have difficulty understanding or
expressing emotions and attitudes through prosody. Affective prosody disorders can occur in …

Objective: To identify which aspects of prosody are negatively affected subsequent to right
hemisphere brain damage (RHD) and to evaluate the methodological quality of the …

Difficulty recognizing affective prosody (receptive aprosodia) can occur following right
hemisphere damage (RHD). Not all individuals spontaneously recover their ability to …

Background Prosody serves central functions in language processing including linguistic
functions (linguistic prosody), like structuring the speech signal. Impairments in production …

In motor aprosodia, imitation and production of emotional prosody and facial gestures are
compromised. Despite the frequency with which aprosodia occurs after brain damage, and …