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 …

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 …

Non-fluent aphasia is characterized by frequent word search and a much slower speech rate
than non-aphasic speech. For patients with this type of aphasia, communication with those …

Aphasia is a profound language pathology hampering speech production and/or
comprehension. People With Aphasia (PWA) use more manual gestures than Non-Brain …

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

Background It is important to capture a comprehensive language profile from speakers with
aphasia. One way to do this is to evaluate spoken discourse, which is language beyond a …

Purpose: If language production is impaired, will gestures compensate? Evidence in favor of
this prediction has often been argued to come from aphasia, but it remains contested. Here …

Cet article propose une analyse de la production gestuelle de personnes souffrant
d'aphasie fluente ou non-fluente en comparaison avec les gestes effectués par des …

Aphasia is a profound speech pathology hampering speech production and/or
comprehension. People with Aphasia (PWA) use more manual gestures than neurotypicals …

This chapter is about the intriguing phenomenon of speech-accompanying gesture. After first
describing the general phenomenon and clearly demarcating it from other fields such as …