Background: Since design and publication of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB),
increasing use to assess patients with aphasia in a clinical and research setting in stroke …

Purpose Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that typically occurs as a result of a
stroke. People with aphasia experience communication difficulties and risk secondary …

Background Research evidence suggests aphasia therapy must be delivered at high
intensity to effect change. Comprehensive therapy, addressing all domains of the …

Background Stroke survivors with aphasia often experience reduced psychosocial well-
being. Intensive comprehensive aphasia programs (ICAPs) are an ideal model in which to …

Abstract Purpose Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs) were first described
in 2013 with an international survey documenting 12 unique programs. ICAPs involve high …

Background: Telerehabilitation promises to greatly expand access of underserved
populations to speech therapy, but concerns remain about the effectiveness of services …

Background: Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs) have developed in
response to a growing need for treatments which produce changes in language function in …

Background and Purpose: Poststroke aphasia has a major impact on peoples' quality of life.
Speech and language therapy interventions work, especially in high doses, but these doses …

Objective To establish benchmarks of significant change for aphasia rehabilitation outcome
measures (ie, Western Aphasia Battery-Aphasia Quotient [WAB-AQ], Communicative …

Purpose The ultimate goal of anomia treatment should be to achieve gains in exemplars
trained in the therapy session, as well as generalization to untrained exemplars and …