Patients suffering from severe aphasia have to rely on non-verbal means of communication
to convey a message. However, to date it is not clear which patients are able to do so …

Background: Two main conflicting positions exist concerning the relationship of gesture and
speech. The first claims that gesture and speech constitute a single bimodal production …

Purpose To study the independence of gesture and verbal language production. The
authors assessed whether gesture can be semantically compensatory in cases of verbal …

Background: Speech-language pathologists considering the use of gesture as a therapeutic
modality for clients with aphasia must first evaluate the integrity of their cleints' gesture …

Background: Gestures can provide an excellent natural alternative to verbal communication
in people with aphasia (PWA). However, despite numerous studies focusing on gesture …

The use of co-verbal gestures is common in human communication and has been reported
to assist word retrieval and to facilitate verbal interactions. This study systematically …

This study investigated the relationship between limb apraxia, as assessed by a formal
clinical test, and the production of spontaneous communicative gesture, as measured by a …

Purpose People with aphasia (PWA) use different kinds of gesture spontaneously when they
communicate. Although there is evidence that the nature of the communicative task …

Purpose For many individuals with aphasia, gestures form a vital component of message
transfer and are the target of speech-language pathology intervention. What remains …

Background: Gestures are spontaneous hand and arm movements that are part of everyday
communication. The roles of gestures in communication are disputed. Most agree that they …