The Western Aphasia Battery: A systematic review of research and clinical applications

A Kertesz - Aphasiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Since design and publication of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB),
increasing use to assess patients with aphasia in a clinical and research setting in stroke …

Advances and controversies in frontotemporal dementia: diagnosis, biomarkers, and therapeutic considerations

BF Boeve, AL Boxer, F Kumfor, Y Pijnenburg… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Frontotemporal dementia comprises a group of clinical syndromes that are characterised by
progressive changes in behaviour, executive function, or language. The term frontotemporal …

Primary progressive aphasia: six questions in search of an answer

CRS Belder, CR Marshall, J Jiang, S Mazzeo… - Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
Here, we review recent progress in the diagnosis and management of primary progressive
aphasia—the language-led dementias. We pose six key unanswered questions that …

[HTML][HTML] Classification of primary progressive aphasia: challenges and complexities

DC Tippett - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is classified into three variants, logopenic variant PPA
(lvPPA), nonfluent agrammatic PPA (nfaPPA), and semantic variant PPA (svPPA), based on …

“They are dealing with people's lives…”: Diagnostic and post-diagnostic healthcare experiences in primary progressive aphasia

T Ho, A Whitworth, D Hersh… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose The healthcare experience is a multifaceted and varied process, particularly for
people living with complex conditions such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Different …

“Please don't assess him to destruction”: The RAISE Assessment framework for primary progressive aphasia

J Gallée, J Cartwright, A Volkmer, A Whitworth… - American Journal of …, 2023 - ASHA
Purpose: Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) assess people with primary progressive
aphasia (PPA) through measurements of speech, language, communication, and well …

Neural regions underlying object and action naming: Complementary evidence from acute stroke and primary progressive aphasia

BL Breining, AV Faria, B Caffo, EL Meier… - Aphasiology, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background Naming impairment is commonly noted in individuals with aphasia. However,
object naming receives more attention than action naming. Furthermore, most studies …

Longitudinal changes in cognition, behaviours, and functional abilities in the three main variants of primary progressive aphasia: A literature review

J de la Sablonnière, M Tastevin, M Lavoie, R Laforce Jr - Brain Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Primary progressive aphasias (PPAs) are a group of neurodegenerative diseases
presenting with insidious and relentless language impairment. Three main PPA variants …

Speech and language therapy for primary progressive aphasia across the UK: A survey of current practice

A Volkmer, A Spector, JD Warren… - International Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) describes a heterogeneous group of
language‐led dementias. People with this type of dementia are increasingly being referred …

Identification of the main components of spontaneous speech in primary progressive aphasia and their neural underpinnings using multimodal MRI and FDG-PET …

JA Matias-Guiu, P Suárez-Coalla, M Yus, V Pytel… - Cortex, 2022 - Elsevier
Background Primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a clinical syndrome characterized by
gradual loss of language skills. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic capacity of a …