Conversation is important in everyday life and this importance is not diminished in aphasia.
Context parameters such as topic and partner are known to influence the linguistic content of …

The effects of verbal plus gestural training, a form of intersystemic reorganization in which an
intact gestural modality is paired with an impaired verbal one (Luria, 1970; Rosenbek …

Background: A recent review of interaction (or conversation)-focused therapy highlighted the
potential of programmes targeting the person with aphasia (PWA) directly. However, it noted …

This post hoc study investigated coverbal gesture patterns in two persons with chronic
Wernicke's aphasia. They had both received therapy focusing on multimodal communication …

Background: Self-generated cueing strategies have been shown to facilitate communication
in persons with speech and language impairments, and multiple benefits may be associated …

This article reports an intervention in the conversations between a man with chronic
aphasia, Barry, and his wife, Louise (both names are pseudonyms). Preintervention analysis …

Background: In order to comprehend fully a speaker's intention in everyday communication,
information is integrated from multiple sources, including gesture and speech. There are no …

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

The following case study demonstrates the efficacy of a gestural and graphic treatment
approach for an individual with chronic Broca's aphasia. RJ. presented with global aphasia …

Background: Treatments for agrammatic production generally target sentence forms,
inflectional morphology, verb retrieval, thematic roles, or underlying grammatical forms …