Aphasia is an impairment of language and communication caused by acquired brain
damage such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. The aim of rehabilitation in aphasia is to …

Aphasia is an impairment of language caused by acquired brain damage such as stroke or
traumatic brain injury, that affects a person's ability to communicate effectively. The aim of …

Aphasia is an acquired language impairment most often caused by stroke. One of the main
goals of speech and language therapy is to improve a person's ability to communicate in …

Aims: The aim of this article is to identify which existing instrument of functional
communication from the aphasia literature best fits with a theoretically founded definition of …

There is a growing realization that the traditional approach to studying language, ie as a
decontextualized, linguistic phenomenon, does not allow us to fully understand …

Introduction. The multifactorial nature of functional communication makes it a particularly
difficult behaviour to study in the lab, where increased experimental control is assumed to …

Introduction: Communication in the real world is interactive, multimodal and embedded in
context. Systematic investigations of communication in post-stroke aphasia often do not …

The ability to communicate, functionally, after stroke or other types of acquired brain injury is
crucial for the person involved and the people around them. Accordingly, assessment of …

Communication is essential for interactions between individuals. While the most common
way to communicate in an everyday setting is via spoken or written language, messages can …

Following brain damage after stroke, a language disorder known as aphasia can
significantly interfere with conversational flow due to both the individual's difficulties with …