Background: Since design and publication of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB),
increasing use to assess patients with aphasia in a clinical and research setting in stroke …

Aims: The aim of this article is to identify which existing instrument of functional
communication from the aphasia literature best fits with a theoretically founded definition of …

Background Spoken discourse is a fundamental form of communication, yet often disrupted
in persons with aphasia and other neurogenic communication disorders. It follows that …

Purpose The heterogeneous nature of measures, methods, and analyses reported in the
aphasia spoken discourse literature precludes comparison of outcomes across studies (eg …

Brain tumour patients with mild language disturbances are typically underdiagnosed due to
lack of sensitive tests leading to negative effects in daily communicative and social life. We …

Background Discourse assessment and treatment in aphasia rehabilitation is a priority focus
for a range of stakeholder groups. However, a significant majority of speech and language …

Background Although spoken discourse is an outcome prioritised by all stakeholders in
aphasia rehabilitation, assessment and treatment of discourse are not routine clinical …

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 …

Background Large-shared databases and automated language analyses allow for the
application of new data analysis techniques that can shed new light on the connected …

Purpose This study evaluated interrater reliability (IRR) and test–retest stability (TRTS) of
seven linguistic measures (percent correct information units, relevance, subject–verb …