While knowledge is rapidly accumulating, larger trials emphasising how to select optimal paradigms for individualised aphasia treatment are needed. Finally, a model of how to incorporate the growing ...

It may take several months or years. However, complete recovery to pre-aphasia levels may not always be possible, and ongoing support and practice may be needed for long-term management.

HealthDay News — In clinical practice guidelines jointly issued by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and U.S. Department of Defense and published online Jan. 21 in the Annals of Internal ...

SC for aphasia training is a complex intervention,14 including: interacting components (eg, staff training and subsequent skills-transfer to day-to-day practice); a range of behaviours required by ...

Since one of the goals of the study was to determine the feasibility of cognitive testing with CAT-CAT, the aphasic sample represents the variability found in clinical practice (The CAT does not aim ...

Introduction Bilinguals with aphasia (BWA) present varying degrees of lexical access impairment and recovery across their two languages. Because both languages may benefit from therapy, identifying ...

The findings have been published in the journal Aphasiology. Aphasia is a severe speech disorder, often resulting from a stroke, in which individuals lose the ability to speak coherently.

Dr Robert Hanlon, Department of Psychiatry, Northwestern University Medical School, 303 E Superior Street, 5th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611, USA OBJECTIVES Global aphasia without hemiparesis (GAWH) is an ...

Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) may develop in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Aphasia is an impairment of speech and language comprehension which also affects the ability to read and write.