Background Right hemisphere communication disorders are neither consistently labelled
nor adequately defined. Labels associated with right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) are …

Background Previous findings have demonstrated the importance of discourse analysis in
post-stroke aphasia, as it allows for in-depth examination of language impairment and …

Abstract Background and Purpose Left hemisphere stroke often results in a variety of
language deficits due to varying patterns of damage to language networks. The Cookie Theft …

Purpose: Examining discourse after right hemisphere brain damage (RHD) can provide
invaluable clinical data and insight into functional communication capabilities. Yet, clinicians …

Background A growing body of literature has demonstrated the importance of discourse
assessment in patients who suffered from brain injury, both in the left and right hemispheres …

Background While language is frequently explored in stroke and focal lesions, complex
language disorders in paroxysmal conditions remain relatively underexplored. Individuals …

Purpose: Diagnosis of language impairments after stroke is important to optimizing stroke
outcomes. After right hemisphere brain damage (RHD), apragmatism can impact the …

Purpose Aside from deficits identified in single-word level retrieval, individuals with temporal
lobe epilepsy (TLE) exhibit clinical oddities, such as circumstantiality in their language …

Background Clinical guidelines recommend the administration of intravenous recombinant
tissue plasminogen activator thrombolytic treatment to persons who suffered ischemic stroke …

Objective: Individuals with a stroke in either the left hemisphere (LH) or the right hemisphere
(RH) often present macrostructural impairments in narrative abilities. Understanding the …