[HTML][HTML] What is functional communication? A theoretical framework for real-world communication applied to aphasia rehabilitation

WJ Doedens, L Meteyard - Neuropsychology Review, 2022 - Springer
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 …

Does gesture improve the communication success of people with aphasia?: A systematic review

N De Kleine, ML Rose, M Weinborn, R Knox, N Fay - Aphasiology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background Speakers with aphasia gesture, but the extent to which these gestures improve
their communication success is unclear. Aim The primary aim is to assess if gesture …

Aging, gesture production, and disfluency in speech: A comparison of younger and older adults

B Arslan, T Göksun - Cognitive Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Agerelated changes are observed in the speech and gestures of neurotypical individuals.
Older adults are more disfluent in speech and use fewer representational gestures (eg …

Looking at gesture: the reciprocal influence between gesture and conversation

JT Tetnowski, JA Tetnowski, JS Damico - Journal of Communication …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction There is limited research in group communication treatment for people with
aphasia but existing studies report benefits of gesture to support conversation. Gesture …

Part of the message comes in gesture: how people with aphasia convey information in different gesture types as compared with information in their speech

K van Nispen, M van de Sandt-Koenderman… - Aphasiology, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Co-verbal gestures among speakers with aphasia: Influence of aphasia severity, linguistic and semantic skills, and hemiplegia on gesture employment in oral …

APH Kong, SP Law, WKC Wat, C Lai - Journal of communication disorders, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of co-verbal gestures is common in human communication and has been reported
to assist word retrieval and to facilitate verbal interactions. This study systematically …

Integrity and function of gestures in aphasia

N Akhavan, T Göksun, N Nozari - Aphasiology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …

Language and iconic gesture use in procedural discourse by speakers with aphasia

M Pritchard, L Dipper, G Morgan, N Cocks - Aphasiology, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Conveying instructions is an everyday use of language, and gestures are likely
to be a key feature of this. Although co-speech iconic gestures are tightly integrated with …

Communicative effectiveness of pantomime gesture in people with aphasia

ML Rose, Z Mok, K Sekine - International Journal of Language …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Background Human communication occurs through both verbal and visual/motoric
modalities. Simultaneous conversational speech and gesture occurs across all cultures and …

[HTML][HTML] Production and comprehension of pantomimes used to depict objects

K van Nispen… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Pantomime, gesture in absence of speech, has no conventional meaning. Nevertheless,
individuals seem to be able to produce pantomimes and derive meaning from pantomimes …