How Much Information Do People With Aphasia Convey via Gesture?

Abstract

It was concluded that all 3 gesture types under investigation contributed to the expression of semantic meaning communicated by PWA. Gestures are an important communicative means for PWA and should be regarded as such by their interlocutors. Gestures have been shown to enhance listeners' interpretation of PWA's overall communication.

The comprehensibility of pantomimes produced by people with aphasia

“…Most of the earlier research on PWA's gesturing focused on co-speech gestures (e.g., Cocks et al 2013, Coelho 1990, Hogrefe et al 2012 with only a few studies looking at the comprehensibility of these gestures. These studies showed that information in PWA's co-speech gestures can help interlocutors in identifying the message PWA try to convey, as PWA's gestures often convey information not conveyed in speech (de Beer et al 2017, Mol et al 2013, Rose et al 2016.…”

“…These studies showed that information in PWA's co‐speech gestures can help interlocutors in identifying the message PWA try to convey, as PWA's gestures often convey information not conveyed in speech (de Beer et al . , Mol et al . , Rose et al .…”

Differential roles of gestures on spatial language in neurotypical elderly adults and individuals with focal brain injury

“…This notion entails that gestures can function independently of the speech production system. Neuropsychological evidence on people with speech impairments, such as aphasia, has established that gestures compensate for underspecification in the spoken channel and can function independently of impaired speech (e.g., Akhavan et al, 2018;Akbıyık et al, 2018;de Beer et al, 2017;Göksun et al, 2013Göksun et al, , 2015Hogrefe, Ziegler, Weidinger, & Goldenberg, 2012, 2013aHogrefe, Ziegler, Wiesmayer, Weidinger, & Goldenberg, Differential roles of gestures 4 2013b; Kemmerer, Chandrasekaran, & Tranel, 2007;Kong, Law, Wat, & Lai, 2015;Preisig et al, 2018;Sekine, Rose, Foster, Attard, & Lanyon, 2013, but cf. Cicone, Wagner, Foldi, Zurif, & Gardner, 1979Glosser et al, 1986).…”

Signs of aphasia: Online identity and stigma management in post-stroke aphasia

“…The theme Relying on others or technology confirmed the findings of Moss et al (2004) about people with aphasia taking help from others before publishing text online, and of Sjöqvist Nätterlund (2010) about people with aphasia wanting assistance to access the Internet. The theme Beyond speaking and writing raised questions about how the multimodality of the Internet may be related to the use of gestures described by e.g., de Beer et al (2016). And finally, the theme Controlling speed and timing emphasised the importance of developing asynchronous communication tools to enhance accessibility and thus reduce social exclusion following aphasia (Menger et al, 2016).…”

“…The signs are not merely words (Barton, 2007;Van Leeuwen, 2005) but also e.g., the media used to communicate or body posture. For people with aphasia, gestures form a crucial part of communicating (de Beer et al, 2016;Sekine & Rose, 2013) and should be recognised as valid signs. Goffman (1963) differentiated types of stigma based on visibility, i.e., whether a stigma is visible to any interaction partner or not.…”