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 …

Background: Reports have indicated that gesture+ verbal treatments and semantic‐
phonologic treatments are effective for improving lexical retrieval in aphasia. Most studies …

Background: Previous research has suggested that semantic plus gesture treatments are
effective for aphasic noun retrieval deficits. However, there is a paucity of evidence …

Purpose The effects of intention gesture treatment (IGT) and pantomime gesture treatment
(PGT) on word retrieval were compared in people with aphasia. Method Four individuals …

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

We compared the effects of two treatments for aphasic word retrieval impairments, errorless
naming treatment (ENT) and gestural facilitation of naming (GES), within the same …

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 …

Background: Anomia is a common and pervasive word production deficit following stroke.
One type of word production deficit concerns primary impairment at the lexical‐semantic …

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: Arm and hand gesture has been considered a potential facilitator of word
production (Skelly, Schinsky, Smith, & Fust, 1974), and gesture is often considered as a …