Purpose Better performance for actions compared to objects has been reported in the
semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (svPPA). This study investigated the …

Background: When it comes to aphasia assessments, many speech and language
pathologists (SLPs) rely heavily on norm-referenced language tests, even though they are …

Aphasia often restricts participation. People living with aphasia (PLWA) engage in fewer
activities, which leads to fewer interactions than before aphasia. Analyses of interactions …

Aphasia intervention has made increasing use of technology in recent years. The evidence
base, which is largely limited to the investigation of spoken language outcomes, indicates …

Background: To date, most studies of verb usage in aphasia have focused on the use of
relatively concrete action verbs, related to how a speaker conveys events and happenings …

To address the longstanding question of the conversational ability of persons with aphasia,
this study investigated the spontaneous occurrence of a specific type of conversational …

Background: Methods to support language generation by people with aphasia often include
supplementary materials to provide content clues, thereby simultaneously helping both the …

Background: Nursing staff are the most frequent communication partners, after family
members, for people in hospital poststroke, and they play an essential role in the …

Gestures accompany speech and enrich human communication. When aphasia interferes
with verbal abilities, gestures become even more relevant, compensating for and/or …

Although limited and reduced connected speech production is one, if not the most,
prominent feature of aphasia, few studies have examined the properties of content words …