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 …

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 …

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 …

Introduction There is limited research in group communication treatment for people with
aphasia but existing studies report benefits of gesture to support conversation. Gesture …

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 …

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

Links between verbs and gesture knowledge suggest that verb retrieval may be particularly
amenable to gesture+ verbal training (GVT) in aphasia compared to noun retrieval. This …

Purpose In this study, the authors assessed how the addition of intentional left-hand
gestures to an intensive treatment for anomia affects 2 types of discourse: picture description …