Aphasia is an impairment of language caused by acquired brain damage such as stroke or
traumatic brain injury, that affects a person's ability to communicate effectively. The aim of …

Background Speech of individuals with non-fluent, including Broca's, aphasia is often
characterized as “agrammatic” because their output mostly consists of nouns and, to a lesser …

Background Evidence‐based recommendations for a core outcome set (COS; minimum set
of outcomes) for aphasia treatment research have been developed (the Research Outcome …

There are many different approaches to the rehabilitation of patients with aphasia, a
communication disorder that affects a person's understanding and expression of spoken and …

Background The complexity of communication presents challenges for clinical assessment,
outcome measurement and intervention for people with acquired brain injury. For the …

Purpose: Conversation-focused speech-language pathology services are a top priority for
people living with aphasia, but little is known about how researchers measure conversation …

Background Language assessment includes mainly structured tasks; however, everyday
communication requires additional abilities. An important clinical question is whether the …

Objectives To define effective communication and identify its key elements specific to
critically ill patients with an artificial airway. Design A modified Consensus Development …

Background Assessment is an essential part of aphasia management. There are many tools
available for aphasia assessment, but relatively scant attention has been paid to how …

Purpose: Best practices in the field of aphasia rehabilitation increasingly acknowledge a
whole-person approach that values interventions aimed at reducing impairments, while also …