BACKGROUND Aphasia describes language impairment associated with a brain lesion. OBJECTIVES The objective of this review was to assess the effects of formal speech and language therapy and non-professional types of support from untrained providers for people with aphasia after stroke. SEARCH STRATEGY We searched the Cochrane Stroke Group Trials Register (last searched: March 1999), and refe...

This critical review examines the effectiveness of script training intervention with individuals with chronic, non-fluent aphasia with respect to improved rate of speech and percentage of script-related content words used. Study designs include: delayed treatment, multiple baseline, single subject study designs and a qualitative study. Overall, the results indicate that script training interven...

BACKGROUND Recovery from post-stroke aphasia is a long and complex process with an uncertain outcome. Various interventions have been proposed to augment the recovery, including constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT). CIAT has been applied to patients suffering from post-stroke aphasia in several unblinded studies to show mild-to-moderate linguistic gains. The aim of the present study was to...

Cognitive dysfunction frequently occurs in aphasic patients and primarily compromises linguistic skills. However, patients suffering from severe aphasia show heterogeneous performance in basic cognition. Our aim was to characterize the cognitive profiles of patients with severe aphasia and to determine whether they also differ as to residual linguistic abilities. We examined 189 patients with s...