Aphasia, the impairment to understand or produce language, is a frequent disorder after
stroke with devastating effects. Conventional speech and language therapy include each …

Background Poststroke aphasia is a very disabling disorder, which may affect speech
expression, comprehension, and reading or writing. Treatment of aphasia should be initiated …

Purpose The burgeoning growth of computer-based rehabilitation technologies has led to a
paradigm shift in the delivery of aphasia intervention. The aim of this study was to conduct a …

Introduction Clinical research highlights the importance of massed practice in the
rehabilitation of chronic post-stroke aphasia. However, while necessary, massed practice …

Rationale: Treatment of aphasia is still challenging for clinicians and patients. So far, there is
proven evidence for “face-to-face” speech therapy. However, the digital age potentially offers …

Background and Purpose—Evidence suggests that therapy can be effective in recovering
from aphasia, provided that it consists of socially embedded, intensive training of …

Background To date, functional imaging studies of treatment-induced recovery from chronic
aphasia only assessed short-term treatment effects after intensive language training. In the …

Background: The reacquisition of language after stroke may profit from intense training with
several hours of language exercises provided on each training day, especially in the chronic …

The role of left and right hemisphere brain regions in language recovery after stroke-induced
aphasia remains controversial. Here, we summarize how neuroimaging studies increase the …

Background Speech and language therapy (SLT) for aphasia can be difficult to access in the
later stages of stroke recovery, despite evidence of continued improvement with sufficient …