Background Discourse is fundamental to everyday communication, and is an increasing
focus of clinical assessment, intervention and research. Aphasia can affect the information a …

Analysis of Neurogenic Disordered Discourse Production provides a comprehensive review
and discussion of aphasia and its related disorders, their corresponding clinical discourse …

Spoken discourse is regarded as an important component of communication assessment,
but data on the discourse characteristics of the adult population, and in particular those who …

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 …

Correct information unit (CIU) and main event analyses are quantitative measures for
analyzing discourse of individuals with aphasia. Comparative data from healthy younger …

Background: Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) is a promising adjunct to therapy
for chronic aphasia. Methods: This single-center, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled …

Background and Purpose—The National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) includes
minimal assessment of cognitive function, particularly in right hemisphere (RH) stroke …

There is a lack of empirical evidence on which clinicians can base their daily decisions
about aphasia treatment rate and duration. The purpose of this series of studies was to …

Background: Evaluation of discourse is recognised as an important component in the
diagnosis and management of adult acquired communication disorders. Picture description …

Background Transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can be used to improve post-
stroke aphasia. However, given the mixed evidence for its efficacy, individual differences …