Assessing the Amount of Spontaneous Real-World Spoken Language in Aphasia: Validation of Two Methods.

Purpose: The purpose of this article is to present the results of a study evaluating the psychometric properties of 2 new measures that exclusively assess the amount of real-world spoken language in patients with aphasia.

Method: Forty individuals with aphasia were evaluated on several measures of spoken language in real-world settings. The Verbal Activity Log (VAL; Johnson et al.

An enhanced protocol for constraint-induced aphasia therapy II: a case series.

Purpose: The initial version of Constraint-Induced Aphasia Therapy (CIAT I) consisted of a single exercise. This study sought to evaluate the feasibility for future trials of an expanded and restructured protocol designed to increase the efficacy of CIAT I.

Method: The subjects were 4 native English speakers with chronic stroke who exhibited characteristics of moderate Broca's aphasia.