Anomia in left hemisphere stroke, multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease - a comparative study.

Purpose: To explore quantitative and qualitative features of anomia in participants with left-hemisphere stroke, Parkinson's disease, or multiple sclerosis.

Materials And Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study compares signs of anomia within and across participants ( = 87), divided into four groups; moderate to severe anomia after stroke (MSAS,  = 19), mild anomia after stroke (MAS,  = 22), PD ( = 19) and MS ( = 27). Aspects analysed include naming accuracy and speed, the nature of incorrect responses, semantic and phonemic verbal fluency, information content in re-telling, and the relationship between test results and self-reports on word-finding difficulties and communicative participation.

Eye Movements during Reading and their Relationship to Reading Assessment Outcomes in Swedish Elementary School Children.

The characteristics of children's eye movements during reading change as they gradually become better readers. However, few eye tracking studies have investigated children's reading and reading development and little is known about the relationship between reading- related eye movement measures and reading assessment outcomes. We recorded and analyzed three basic eye movement measures in an ecologically valid eye-tracking set-up.

Longitudinal changes in functional connectivity in speech motor networks in apraxia of speech after stroke.

Objective: The cerebral substrates of apraxia of speech (AOS) recovery remain unclear. Resting state fMRI post stroke can inform on altered functional connectivity (FC) within cortical language networks. Some initial studies report reduced FC between bilateral premotor cortices in patients with AOS, with lowest FC in patients with the most severe AOS.

Naming vs. non-naming treatment in aphasia in a group setting-A randomized controlled trial.

Introduction: Anomia affects numerous persons with aphasia. Treatment effects of anomia group therapy have been reported, but the evidence is not comprehensive. This study aimed to explore treatment effects of a naming treatment compared with a non-naming treatment delivered in a group setting.

Speech feature profiles in Swedish 5-year-olds with speech sound disorder related to suspected childhood apraxia of speech or cleft palate.

To study the occurrence of speech features commonly associated with Childhood Apraxia of Speech (CAS) in Swedish children with suspected CAS (sCAS) or Speech Sound Disorder (SSD) related to Cleft Palate and/or Lip (CP ± L). Thirty-four children (4.10-5.