Chronic aphasia, a devastating impairment of language, affects up to a third of stroke
survivors. Speech and language therapy has consistently been shown to improve language …

Background: Aphasia therapy is an effective approach to improve language function in
chronic aphasia. However, it remains unclear what prognostic factors facilitate therapy …

Abstract Purpose of Review Aphasia is a common feature of stroke, affecting 21–38% of
acute stroke patients and an estimated 1 million stroke survivors. Although stroke, as a …

Background and Purpose The severity of aphasic impairment in chronic stroke survivors is
typically thought to be stable by 6 months postonset. However, a recent study showed that …

Aphasia due to stroke affects communication and quality of life. Most stroke survivors with
aphasia receive speech and language therapy. Although an early start of treatment is …

Attempts to personalize aphasia treatment to the extent where it is possible to reliably predict
individual response to a particular treatment have yielded inconclusive results. The current …

Background Prognostication is a complex clinical task that involves forming a prediction
about recovery and communicating prognostic information to patients and families. In …

Rationale, aims and objectives Recovery of language function in individuals with post‐
stroke aphasia is associated with a variety of patient and stroke‐related indices. Amidst a …

Background It remains widely accepted that spontaneous recovery from aphasia is largely
limited to the first related factors. This has direct implications for acute and chronic …

Background: Aphasia due to stroke is often very severe immediately after onset. However,
knowledge about the impact of severity on therapeutic potential in the first months is scarce …