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 …

People with aphasia frequently rely on communicative “devices” other than their impaired
language system. This article focuses on arm and hand gesture as one such “device” or …

We commonly use agreement measures to assess the utility of judgements made by human
annotators in Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks. While inter-annotator agreement is …

Patients suffering from severe aphasia have to rely on non-verbal means of communication
to convey a message. However, to date it is not clear which patients are able to do so …

Purpose For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …

Background: Gesture frequently accompanies speech in healthy speakers. For many
individuals with aphasia, gestures are a target of speech-language pathology intervention …

Background: There is considerable disagreement in the literature concerning the function of
co‐verbal gesture. Studies of the relationship between speech and gesture have employed …

Background: Studies have shown that the gestures produced by people with aphasia (PWA)
can convey information useful for their communication. However, the exact significance of …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …