Background Aphasia is an acquired language impairment following brain damage that
affects some or all language modalities: expression and understanding of speech, reading …

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 reacquisition of language after stroke may profit from intense training with
several hours of language exercises provided on each training day, especially in the chronic …

ABSTRACT Background High-intensity Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy Plus (CIAT-
Plus) and Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy (M-MAT) are effective interventions for chronic …

Background Poststroke aphasia is a very disabling disorder, which may affect speech
expression, comprehension, and reading or writing. Treatment of aphasia should be initiated …

Language therapy for acquired aphasia has come under much scrutiny in recent years, with
debate focusing on whether or not it is effective and how best efficacy can be measured. In …

Background: Aphasia is a devastating disorder occurring in more than 30% of stroke victims.
Speech and language therapy (SLT) is the treatment of choice for post-stroke aphasia (PSA) …

Aphasia is a significant cause of disability and reduced quality of life. Two speech pathology
treatment approaches appear efficacious: multimodal and constraint-induced aphasia …

Background Constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) has been widely used in post-stroke
aphasia rehabilitation. An increasing number of clinical controlled trials have investigated …

Background: Intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) are gaining popularity in
the international aphasia rehabilitation community. ICAPs comprise at least three hours of …