Background: Using gesture as a compensatory communication strategy may be challenging
for people with severe aphasia. Therapy can improve skills with gesture, at least in elicitation …

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: Gesture is often used as a modality to promote recovery of communication in
aphasia, both as a compensation device and as a facilitator of language recovery. To date …

Purpose In this study, the authors (a) investigated whether a group of people with severe
aphasia could learn a vocabulary of pantomime gestures through therapy and (b) compared …

Objectives: To assess whether production of communicative gestures can be ameliorated by
therapy, to explore factors that might influence individual variability of therapeutic success …

Background People with aphasia rely on gesture more than healthy controls to get their
message across, but use a limited range of gesture types. Gesture therapy is thus a potential …

Purpose In this study, the authors investigated whether gesture, naming, and strategic
treatment improved the communication skills of 14 people with severe aphasia. Method All …

We report a novel and accessible questionnaire designed to examine levels of technology
use in adults with severe aphasia and to assess the impact of a co-designed computer …

Background Speakers with aphasia gesture, but the extent to which these gestures improve
their communication success is unclear. Aim The primary aim is to assess if gesture …

Purpose For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …