Introduction There is limited research in group communication treatment for people with
aphasia but existing studies report benefits of gesture to support conversation. Gesture …

Purpose: Verb tense production is known to be impaired in people with nonfluent aphasia.
Selective past tense impairment in this population has been reported, but results are …

Purpose When we speak, we gesture, and indeed, persons with aphasia gesture more
frequently. The reason (s) for this is still being investigated, spurring an increase in the …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate how people with nonfluent aphasia
produce semantically weighted verbs compared to people without aphasia, as well as how a …

Purpose: Behavioral intervention targeting speech, language, and communication concerns
is an established therapeutic approach for patients with communication concerns across a …

We model the role of demographic, neuropsychological and speech variables in
characterizing iconic gesture use in speakers with aphasia, especially gestures that …

Assessment and analysis of aphasic discourse (language beyond single, isolated sentences
used for a specific purpose) enable clinicians and researchers a comprehensive way of …

Production of co-speech gestures is a universal aspect of human communication but is still
poorly understood in populations with neurogenic communication disorders. In this chapter …

Background: Behavioral intervention targeting speech, language, and communication
concerns is an established therapeutic approach for patients with either acute or progressive …

The use of hand gestures during communication is a naturally occurring phenomenon
thought to aid in cognitive processes such as language, memory, and learning. Co-speech …