This paper provides a critical review of the literature currently available relating to aphasic
discourse. It outlines the major approaches which have been taken to analysis …

Background: Discourse abilities play an important role in the assessment, classification, and
therapy outcome evaluation of people with aphasia. Discourse production in aphasia has …

Background: Although memory impairment is the main symptom of Alzheimer's disease
(AD), language impairment can be an important marker. Relatively few studies of language …

Background Language impairment is an important marker of neurodegenerative disorders.
Despite this, there is no universal system of terminology used to describe these impairments …

Many children and adults experience significant breakdown in the use of language. The
resulting pragmatic disorders present a considerable barrier to effective communication …

Background: Several studies have shown that traditional standardised aphasia tests may not
be sensitive enough to adequately assess linguistic deficits and recovery patterns in …

Oral and written picture descriptions were compared in 22 patients with Alzheimer's disease
(AD) and 24 healthy elderly subjects. AD patients had a significant reduction of all word …

Anomic aphasia is a disturbance affecting lexical retrieval. Nonetheless, persons with this
disorder may also experience difficulties in the construction of coherent narratives. Whether …

In this study, we investigated the combined effect of transcranial direct current stimulation
(tDCS) and an intensive Conversational therapy treatment on discourse skills in 12 persons …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is considered as progressing brain disease, which can be slowed
down with the early detection and proper treatment by identifying the early symptoms …