Purpose There is a 40-year history of interest in the use of arm and hand gestures in
treatments that target the reduction of aphasic linguistic impairment and compensatory …

People with aphasia frequently rely on communicative “devices” other than their impaired
language system. This article focuses on arm and hand gesture as one such “device” or …

Background: There is considerable disagreement in the literature concerning the function of
co‐verbal gesture. Studies of the relationship between speech and gesture have employed …

Aphasia intervention has made increasing use of technology in recent years. The evidence
base, which is largely limited to the investigation of spoken language outcomes, indicates …

Aphasia is a significant cause of disability and reduced quality of life. Two speech pathology
treatment approaches appear efficacious: multimodal and constraint-induced aphasia …

The use of gestures is one of the reasons for which some aphasics communicate better than
they speak. For these aphasics as well as their partners, multimodality becomes a resource …

Background: There is an urgent need for treatment comparison studies for chronic aphasia.
Two different treatments, Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy Plus (CIAT Plus) and Multi …

Background: Because communication after the onset of aphasia can be fraught with errors,
therapist corrections are pervasive in therapy for aphasia. Although corrections are …

Background: Gesture is often used as a modality to promote recovery of communication in
aphasia, both as a compensation device and as a facilitator of language recovery. To date …

Background: At present, there is no consensus regarding the comparative efficacy of
constraint and non-constraint treatments. Moreover, studies to date have measured the …