Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2006

DOI

10.1017/S1355617706061042

Publication Title

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volume

12

Issue

6

Pages

867-882

Abstract

Links between verbs and gesture knowledge suggest that verb retrieval may be particularly amenable to gesture+verbal training (GVT) in aphasia compared to noun retrieval. This study examines effects of GVT for noun and verb retrieval in nine individuals with aphasia subsequent to left hemisphere stroke. Participants presented an array of noun and verb retrieval deficits, including impairments of semantic and/or phonologic processing. In a single-participant experimental design, we investigated effects of GVT for noun and verb retrieval in two counterbalanced treatment phases. Effects were evaluated in spoken naming and gesture production to pictured objects and actions. Spoken naming improvements associated with large effect sizes were noted for trained nouns (5/9) and verbs (5/9); no improvements were evident for untrained words. Gesture production improved for trained nouns (8/9) and verbs (6/9), and for untrained nouns (2/9) and verbs (2/9). No significant differences were evident between nouns and verbs in spoken naming or gesture production. Improvements were evident across individuals with varied sources of word retrieval impairments. GVT has the potential to improve communication by increasing spoken word retrieval of trained nouns and verbs and by promoting use of gesture as a means to communicate when word retrieval fails. (JINS, 2006, 12, 867-882.) © 2006 The International Neuropsychological Society.

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ORCID

0000-0002-5661-8630 (Raymer)

Original Publication Citation

Raymer, A. M., Singletary, F., Rodriguez, A., Ciampitti, M., Heilman, K. M., & Rothi, L. J. G. (2006). Effects of gesture+verbal treatment for noun and verb retrieval in aphasia. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 12(6), 867-882. doi:10.1017/S1355617706061042

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