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 …

Purpose For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

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 …

Background: Using gesture as a compensatory communication strategy may be challenging
for people with severe aphasia. Therapy can improve skills with gesture, at least in elicitation …

Purpose In this study, the authors investigated whether gesture, naming, and strategic
treatment improved the communication skills of 14 people with severe aphasia. Method All …

Gestures accompany speech and enrich human communication. When aphasia interferes
with verbal abilities, gestures become even more relevant, compensating for and/or …

This chapter provides a background and theoretical framework for the study. It points to
existing research and exposes the gap that this study seeks to fill. It further provides an …

Our previous work (Marcotte et al., 2012) reported neurofunctional changes associated with
recovery from anomia following Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) in a group of participants …

The purpose of the research showed in this article, was to introduce an augmented and/or
virtual reality technology and that how can it be applied in the healthcare, rehabilitation, in …