Neuroplasticity in aphasia: a proposed framework of language recovery

S Kiran, EL Meier, JP Johnson - Journal of speech, language, and hearing …, 2019 - ASHA
Purpose Despite a tremendous amount of research in this topic, the precise neural
mechanisms underlying language recovery remain unclear. Much of the evidence suggests …

Understanding, facilitating and predicting aphasia recovery after rehabilitation

M Varkanitsa, S Kiran - International journal of speech-language …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: This paper reviews several studies whose aim was to understand the nature of
language recovery in chronic aphasia and identify predictors of how people may recover …

Predicting outcomes of language rehabilitation: Prognostic factors for immediate and long-term outcomes after aphasia therapy

S Kristinsson, A Basilakos, DB Den Ouden… - Journal of Speech …, 2023 - ASHA
Background: Aphasia therapy is an effective approach to improve language function in
chronic aphasia. However, it remains unclear what prognostic factors facilitate therapy …

Multimodal neural and behavioral data predict response to rehabilitation in chronic poststroke aphasia

A Billot, S Lai, M Varkanitsa, EJ Braun, B Rapp… - Stroke, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Poststroke recovery depends on multiple factors and varies greatly across
individuals. Using machine learning models, this study investigated the independent and …

White matter hyperintensities predict response to language treatment in poststroke aphasia

M Varkanitsa, C Peñaloza… - … and neural repair, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Background White matter hyperintensities (WMH) are a radiological marker of brain health
that has been associated with language status in poststroke aphasia; however, its …

The utility of lesion classification in predicting language and treatment outcomes in chronic stroke-induced aphasia

EL Meier, JP Johnson, Y Pan, S Kiran - Brain imaging and behavior, 2019 - Springer
Stroke recovery models can improve prognostication of therapy response in patients with
chronic aphasia, yet quantifying the effect of lesion on recovery is challenging. This study …

Evaluating cognitive-linguistic approaches to interventions for aphasia within the rehabilitation treatment specification system

M Boyle, JK Gordon, SM Harnish, S Kiran… - Archives of physical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS) provides a framework to
identify specific components of treatments developed within various rehabilitation disciplines …

Telerehabilitation for word retrieval deficits in bilinguals with aphasia: Effectiveness and reliability as compared to in-person language therapy

C Peñaloza, M Scimeca, A Gaona, E Carpenter… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Background: Bilinguals with post-stroke aphasia (BWA) require treatment options that are
sensitive to their particular bilingual background and deficits across languages. However …

White matter microstructural integrity pre-and post-treatment in individuals with chronic post-stroke aphasia

EJ Braun, A Billot, EL Meier, Y Pan, TB Parrish… - Brain and language, 2022 - Elsevier
While previous studies have found that white matter damage relates to impairment severity
in individuals with aphasia, further study is required to understand the relationship between …

Treatment-related changes in neural activation vary according to treatment response and extent of spared tissue in patients with chronic aphasia

JP Johnson, EL Meier, Y Pan, S Kiran - Cortex, 2019 - Elsevier
Neuroimaging studies of aphasia recovery have linked treatment-related improvements in
language processing to changes in functional brain activation in left hemisphere language …