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The utility of arm and hand gestures in the treatment of aphasia

Miranda L. Rose School of Human Communication Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 92-109 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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Naomi de Kleine, Miranda L. Rose, Michael Weinborn, Robert Knox & Nicolas Fay. (2023) Does Gesture Improve the Communication Success of People with Aphasia?: A Systematic Review. Aphasiology 0:0, pages 1-25.
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John E. Pierce, Maya Menahemi-Falkov, Robyn O’Halloran, Leanne Togher & Miranda L. Rose. (2019) Constraint and multimodal approaches to therapy for chronic aphasia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 29:7, pages 1005-1041.
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Ana Murteira, Paul F. Sowman & Lyndsey Nickels. (2019) Taking action in hand: effects of gesture observation on action verb naming. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience 34:3, pages 351-364.
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Niloofar Akhavan, Tilbe Göksun & Nazbanou Nozari. (2018) Integrity and function of gestures in aphasia. Aphasiology 32:11, pages 1310-1335.
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Mackenzie E. Fama, Christine R. Baron, Brooke Hatfield & Peter E. Turkeltaub. (2016) Group therapy as a social context for aphasia recovery: a pilot, observational study in an acute rehabilitation hospital. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation 23:4, pages 276-283.
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Marcella Carragher, Karen Sage & Paul Conroy. (2013) The effects of verb retrieval therapy for people with non-fluent aphasia: Evidence from assessment tasks and conversation. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 23:6, pages 846-887.
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Judith Holler, Kylie Turner & Trudy Varcianna. (2013) It's on the tip of my fingers: Co-speech gestures during lexical retrieval in different social contexts. Language and Cognitive Processes 28:10, pages 1509-1518.
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Madeleine Pritchard, Naomi Cocks & Lucy Dipper. (2013) Iconic gesture in normal language and word searching conditions: A case of conduction aphasia. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology 15:5, pages 524-534.
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Miranda L. Rose, Anastasia M. Raymer, Lucie E. Lanyon & Michelle C. Attard. (2013) A systematic review of gesture treatments for post-stroke aphasia. Aphasiology 27:9, pages 1090-1127.
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Katharina Hogrefe, Wolfram Ziegler, Susanne Wiesmayer, Nicole Weidinger & Georg Goldenberg. (2013) The actual and potential use of gestures for communication in aphasia. Aphasiology 27:9, pages 1070-1089.
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Kazuki Sekine, Miranda L. Rose, Abby M. Foster, Michelle C. Attard & Lucette E. Lanyon. (2013) Gesture production patterns in aphasic discourse: In-depth description and preliminary predictions. Aphasiology 27:9, pages 1031-1049.
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Jan P. de Ruiter & Carola de Beer. (2013) A critical evaluation of models of gesture and speech production for understanding gesture in aphasia. Aphasiology 27:9, pages 1015-1030.
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Jane Marshall, Abi Roper, Julia Galliers, Stephanie Wilson, Naomi Cocks, Sam Muscroft & Tim Pring. (2013) Computer delivery of gesture therapy for people with severe aphasia. Aphasiology 27:9, pages 1128-1146.
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MirandaL. Rose, MichelleC. Attard, Zaneta Mok, LucetteE. Lanyon & AbbyM. Foster. (2013) Multi-modality aphasia therapy is as efficacious as a constraint-induced aphasia therapy for chronic aphasia: A phase 1 study. Aphasiology 27:8, pages 938-971.
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Ray Wilkinson. (2013) Gestural Depiction in Acquired Language Disorders: On the Form 
and Use of Iconic Gestures in Aphasic Talk-In-Interaction. Augmentative and Alternative Communication 29:1, pages 68-82.
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MichelleC. Attard, MirandaL. Rose & Lucette Lanyon. (2013) The comparative effects of Multi-Modality Aphasia Therapy and Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy-Plus for severe chronic Broca's aphasia: An in-depth pilot study. Aphasiology 27:1, pages 80-111.
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Anastasia M. Raymer, Beth McHose, Kimberly G. Smith, Lisa Iman, Alexis Ambrose & Colleen Casselton. (2012) Contrasting effects of errorless naming treatment and gestural facilitation for word retrieval in aphasia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 22:2, pages 235-266.
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Michelle Boo & MirandaL. Rose. (2011) The efficacy of repetition, semantic, and gesture treatments for verb retrieval and use in Broca's aphasia. Aphasiology 25:2, pages 154-175.
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Carlos Hernández-Sacristán, Vicent Rosell-Clari & Jonathan E. MacDonald. (2011) Proximal and distal. Rethinking linguistic form and use for clinical purposes. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 25:1, pages 37-52.
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Naomi Cocks, Lucy Dipper, Ruth Middleton & Gary Morgan. (2010) What can iconic gestures tell us about the language system? A case of conduction aphasia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders 0:0, pages 1-14.
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Lucette Lanyon & MirandaL. Rose. (2009) Do the hands have it? The facilitation effects of arm and hand gesture on word retrieval in aphasia. Aphasiology 23:7-8, pages 809-822.
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Miranda Rose & Grace Sussmilch. (2008) The effects of semantic and gesture treatments on verb retrieval and verb use in aphasia. Aphasiology 22:7-8, pages 691-706.
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Miranda Rose & Jacinta Douglas. (2008) Treating a semantic word production deficit in aphasia with verbal and gesture methods . Aphasiology 22:1, pages 20-41.
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VictoriaL. Scharp, ConnieA. Tompkins & JanaM. Iverson. (2007) Gesture and aphasia: Helping hands?. Aphasiology 21:6-8, pages 717-725.
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AmyM. Luck & MirandaL. Rose. (2007) Interviewing people with aphasia: Insights into method adjustments from a pilot study. Aphasiology 21:2, pages 208-224.
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Laura Murray, Anne Timberlake & Rebecca Eberle. (2007) Treatment of Underlying Forms in a discourse context. Aphasiology 21:2, pages 139-163.
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Jane Marshall. (2006) The roles of gesture in aphasia therapy. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 110-114.
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Miranda L. Rose. (2006) A call for interdisciplinary research in establishing the utility of gesture in aphasia rehabilitation. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 149-152.
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Emma Power & Chris Code. (2006) Waving not drowning: Utilising gesture in the treatment of aphasia. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 115-119.
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Geoffrey Beattie & Heather Shovelton. (2006) A critical appraisal of the relationship between speech and gesture and its implications for the treatment of aphasia. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 134-139.
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Nick Miller. (2006) Utility of arm and hand gestures in the treatment of aphasia: Some comments and expansions. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 143-148.
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Uri Hadar & Raffaella Ida Rumiati. (2006) I gesture therefore I speak: Cartesian cures. Advances in Speech Language Pathology 8:2, pages 140-142.
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