Background: Intensive speech-language therapy (SLT) can promote recovery from chronic
post-stroke aphasia, a major consequence of stroke. However, effect sizes of intensive SLT …

Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a promising new technique to
optimize the effect of regular Speech and Language Therapy (SLT) in the context of aphasia …

Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive tool that induces
neuromodulation in the brain. Several studies have shown the effectiveness of tDCS in …

Neuromodulation is an exciting area of development. Currently, there is significant interest in
academia, industry, and clinical practice where an effective and acceptable transcranial …

Importance Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder for which behavioral speech therapy
is the most efficient treatment, but therapy outcomes are variable and full recovery is not …

Post-stroke aphasia is a pervasive language disorder that affects communication and quality
of life. Behavioral aphasia therapy is currently standard of care; however, in the chronic …

See Fink et al.(doi: 10.1093/aww034) for a scientific commentary on this article. Transcranial
direct current stimulation has shown promise to improve recovery in patients with post-stroke …

Summary Background Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is an emerging
approach for improving aphasia after stroke. However, it remains unclear what type of tDCS …

While evidence suggests that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may facilitate
language recovery in chronic post-stroke aphasia, individual variability in patient response …

Emerging evidence suggests that transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can improve
aspects of language production in persons with chronic non-fluent aphasia due to left …