Background Coherence is the quality that distinguishes discourse from a random collection
of sentences. People with aphasia have been reported to produce less-coherent discourse …

Purpose This study compared the information content and information efficiency of spoken
language in individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) to a healthy comparator group …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize test–retest reliability of discourse
measures across a battery of common tasks in individuals with aphasia and prospectively …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the use of structured, monologic discourse
analysis by validating an automated scoring procedure for core lexicon (CoreLex) using …

Background Difficulties in discourse production are common in post-stroke chronic aphasia.
Previous studies have found that speech and language therapy combined with transcranial …

Purpose Spoken discourse analysis is commonly employed in the assessment and
treatment of people living with aphasia, yet there is no standardization in assessment …

Purpose: Picture naming assessments are one of the most common methods of examining
word retrieval in aphasia. However, currently, it is unclear whether these assessments are …

Discourse is essential for interaction and for the expression of ideas, feelings and opinions.
Telling personal stories, such as talking about your day or recounting what happened in the …

Objective: Aphasia recovery depends on neural reorganization, which can be enhanced by
speech-language therapy and noninvasive brain stimulation. Several studies suggested that …

“Functional communication” refers to an individual's ability to communicate effectively in his
or her everyday environment, and thus is a paramount skill to monitor and target …