Aphasia is an impairment in the expression or comprehension of language that results from
stroke, traumatic brain injury or progressive neurological disease. Approximately one million …

Research has shown that therapy can significantly improve the communicative success of
patients with aphasia. In spite of progress made in the field of aphasia rehabilitation …

In order to elucidate the critical factors that bring about treatment-induced language
improvements, researchers have investigated many predictors of aphasia recovery; …

While we have some understanding of how individuals with post-stroke aphasia relearn
language, why some patients respond to treatment while others do not remains a looming …

Though aphasia is primarily characterized by impairments in the comprehension and/or
expression of language, research has shown that patients with aphasia also show deficits in …

Purpose: The purpose of this article was to explore the extent to which nonlinguistic
cognitive factors demonstrate a relationship with aphasia treatment outcomes. To that end …

1Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology, Boston, MA 2Aphasia Research
Laboratory, Boston University, Boston, MA Despite numerous treatment methods and …

Purpose: This paper reviews several studies whose aim was to understand the nature of
language recovery in chronic aphasia and identify predictors of how people may recover …

Aphasia is a serious consequence of stroke that results in a breakdown in communication.
The course of aphasia recovery differs between afflicted individuals, and responsiveness to …

While aphasia is characterized by deficits in language, an increasing body of work is
examining the presence of nonlinguistic cognitive deficits in aphasia. Among these cognitive …