In this phase I clinical rehabilitation study, we investigated the effects of phonological
rehabilitation for alexia and aphasia in an individual 54 years after a left-hemisphere …

Background: Acquired alexia can result from impairment in either the direct (lexical) or
indirect (nonlexical) reading routes. The direct route involves visual word knowledge, is …

Carlomagno S, Pandolfi M, Labruna L, Colombo A, Razzano C. Recovery from moderate
aphasia in the first year poststroke: effect of type of therapy. Arch Phys Med Rehabil 2001; …

This paper presents a preliminary investigation into the descriptive adequacy of a linguistic
approach to the analysis of clinical interaction. The analyses involved description of Generic …

Background. Although the psychosocial dimensions of aphasia are relatively well
understood, there may be variations in how these effects are managed in routine …

The aim of this article is to review the rationale on which modern aphasia test batteries are
based. Since the mid-1950s, a starting point chosen because the discipline of speech …

A considerable body of research supports the use of behavioral communication treatment as
the standard of care for aphasia. In spite of robust progress in clinical aphasiology, many …

This paper examines the pretreatment intercorrelation matrix of the subtests of the Porch
Index of Communication Ability to derive factors reflecting components of language …

Regardless of the setting in which they are employed, most clinicians who work with people
who have aphasia think of themselves as working within the" medical model." When speech …

This article reviews literature in aphasia rehabilitation in the English-speaking world.
Although attempts have been made to incorporate literature from other continents, the major …