Background: The study of communicative gestures is one of considerable interest for
aphasia, in relation to theory, diagnosis, and treatment. Significant limitations currently …

Background Spatial communication consists of both verbal spatial language and gesture.
There has been minimal research investigating the use of spatial communication, and even …

Background: The application of word‐finding treatments for aphasia, as well as the study of
their effects, has typically centred on retrieval of single lexical items (Nickels,). Little is known …

Background: Clinicians often teach persons with aphasia (PWA) non-verbal strategies to
compensate for reduced verbal communication. The manner in which they teach the …

Background Efficacy studies have demonstrated the benefit of group conversation therapy
for a person with aphasia (PWA). However, a PWA typically participates in individual therapy …

Purpose: This article reviews four discourse measures and examines whether they are
sensitive to impairments in people with both mild and severe aphasia. We also ask whether …

An estimated 390,000 to 520,000 individuals with severe aphasia (IWSA) currently live in the
United States. IWSA experience profound social isolation, which is associated with a wide …

The pervasiveness of word-finding difficulties in aphasia has motivated several theories
regarding management of the deficit and its effectiveness. Recently, the hypothesis was …

As Rose discusses in the lead article, two camps can be identified in the field of gesture
research: those who believe that gesticulation enhances communication by providing extra …

Background: For some individuals with aphasia, writing has been used as an alternative
modality for communicating (eg, Clausen & Beeson,; Lustig & Tompkins,). In some …