Background Technologies are becoming increasingly popular in the treatment of language
disorders and offer numerous possibilities, but little is known about their effectiveness and …

Background and Purpose—Recent research suggests that increased left hemisphere
cortical activity, primarily of the left frontal cortex, is associated with improved naming …

Importance Aphasia is a debilitating language disorder for which behavioral speech therapy
is the most efficient treatment, but therapy outcomes are variable and full recovery is not …

This review is intended to help physicians guide patients to optimal management of post-
stroke aphasia. We review literature on post-stroke aphasia treatment, focusing on:(1) when …

Background and Purpose—Previous evidence suggests that anodal transcranial direct
current stimulation (A-tDCS) applied to the left hemisphere can improve aphasic participants' …

A distinguishing feature of Broca's aphasia is non-fluent halting speech typically involving
one to three words per utterance. Yet, despite such profound impairments, some patients …

Background and Purpose The severity of aphasic impairment in chronic stroke survivors is
typically thought to be stable by 6 months postonset. However, a recent study showed that …

Background and Objective. Targeted speech therapy can lead to substantial naming
improvement in some subjects with anomia following dominant-hemisphere stroke. We …

Background Several studies, including a randomized controlled trial by our group, support
applying anodal tDCS (A-tDCS) to the left hemisphere during behavioral aphasia treatment …

Background To date, functional imaging studies of treatment-induced recovery from chronic
aphasia only assessed short-term treatment effects after intensive language training. In the …