Counting what counts: A framework for capturing real‐life outcomes of aphasia interventionFootnote

This research has been generously funded by a grant from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. The views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of the Ministry. The authors thank staff at the Aphasia Institute and members of the Ontario Aphasia Centres Interest Group for their participation in the project, Drs Audrey Holland and Roberta Elman for useful feedback on earlier drafts of this article, Laura Dickey for administrative support, and Carmela Simone and Meghan Roberts for development of pictographs.

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