Aphasia, Alexia, and Oral Reading

@article{ReiffCherney2004AphasiaAA,
  title={Aphasia, Alexia, and Oral Reading},
  author={Leora Reiff Cherney},
  journal={Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation},
  year={2004},
  volume={11},
  pages={22 - 36}
}
Abstract Alexia is an acquired disturbance in reading. Alexias that occur after left hemisphere damage typically result from linguistic deficits and may occur as isolated symptoms or as part of an aphasia syndrome. This article presents an overview of the classification of the alexias, including both the traditional neuroanatomical perspective and the more recent psycholinguistic approach. Then, assessment procedures are reviewed, followed by a summary of treatment approaches for alexia… 
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Results from a randomized trial of a novel reading therapy app coupled with anodal transcranial direct current stimulation in patients with post-stroke central alexia show use of iReadMore improves reading accuracy for trained words, while concurrent tDCS facilitates training and improves generalization to untrained stimuli.
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BACKGROUND Intervention studies aimed to improve the written production of single words by persons with aphasia have yielded promising results and there is growing interest in interventions targeting…
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