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Aphasia Therapy Works

Martin L. Albert, MD; Nancy Helm-Estabrooks, ScD
Arch Neurol. 1988;45(4):372-373. doi:10.1001/archneur.1988.00520280014005
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To the Editor.  —With all due respect for Hartman and Landau1 and their sincere effort to provide a scientific analysis of the benefits of aphasia therapy, their article misses the point. Aphasia therapy works; they did not study the problem properly.It is unfortunate that they did not offer their patients the benefits of contemporary approaches to aphasia therapy. Just as Dr Landau would not want to limit his treatment of patients with Parkinson's disease to forms of therapy introduced in the 1950s, he and his associates should not limit their treatment of aphasic patients to forms of therapy described in the 1950s.2 The last 15 years have witnessed the introduction of new forms of aphasia therapy as dramatic and successful as the introduction of levodopa for Parkinson's disease. Many of these aphasia therapies are syndrome specific3-5 and based on knowledge of spared and impaired language and

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Hartman J, Landau WM:  Comparison of formal language therapy with supportive counseling for aphasia due to acute vascular accident . Arch Neurol 1987;;44:646-649.
Schuell HM, Carroll V, Street BS:  Clinical treatment of aphasia . J Speech Hear Dis 1955;;20:43-53.
Albert ML, Sparks R, Helm N:  Melodic intonation therapy for aphasia . Arch Neurol 1973;;29:130-131.
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Helm-Estabrooks N, Ramsberger G:  Treatment of agrammatism in six long-term aphasic patients . Br J Dis Commun 1986;;21:39-45.
Naeser M, Haas G, Mazurski P, et al:  Sentence level auditory comprehension program for adult aphasics . Arch Phys Med Rehab 1986;;67:393-399.
Helm-Estabrooks N, Fitzpatrick PM, Barresi B:  Visual action therapy for global aphasia . J Speech Hear Dis 1982;;47:385-416.
Naeser MA, Helm-Estabrooks N:  CT scan localization and response to melodic intonation therapy . Cortex 1985;;21:203-224.
Weniger D, Huber W, Stachowiak T, et al:  Treatment of aphasia on a linguistic basis , in Sarno MT, Hook 0 (eds): Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment . New York, Masson Publishers USA Inc, 1980;.
Sasanuma S:  A therapy program for impairment of the use of the kana-syllabary of Japanese aphasic patients , in Sarno MT, Hook O (eds): Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment . New York, Masson Publishers USA Inc, 1980;.
Perkins W (ed): Language Handicaps in Adults . New York, Thieme-Stratton Inc, 1983;.

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Hartman J, Landau WM:  Comparison of formal language therapy with supportive counseling for aphasia due to acute vascular accident . Arch Neurol 1987;;44:646-649.
Schuell HM, Carroll V, Street BS:  Clinical treatment of aphasia . J Speech Hear Dis 1955;;20:43-53.
Albert ML, Sparks R, Helm N:  Melodic intonation therapy for aphasia . Arch Neurol 1973;;29:130-131.
Sparks R, Helm N, Albert ML:  Aphasia rehabilitation resulting from melodic intonation therapy . Cortex 1974;;10:303-316.
Collins M: Diagnosis and Treatment of Global Aphasia . San Diego, College Hill Press, 1986;.
Shewan CM, Bandur DL: Treatment of Aphasia: A Language Oriented Approach . San Diego, College Hill Press, 1986;.
Helm-Estabrooks N, Ramsberger G:  Treatment of agrammatism in six long-term aphasic patients . Br J Dis Commun 1986;;21:39-45.
Naeser M, Haas G, Mazurski P, et al:  Sentence level auditory comprehension program for adult aphasics . Arch Phys Med Rehab 1986;;67:393-399.
Helm-Estabrooks N, Fitzpatrick PM, Barresi B:  Visual action therapy for global aphasia . J Speech Hear Dis 1982;;47:385-416.
Naeser MA, Helm-Estabrooks N:  CT scan localization and response to melodic intonation therapy . Cortex 1985;;21:203-224.
Weniger D, Huber W, Stachowiak T, et al:  Treatment of aphasia on a linguistic basis , in Sarno MT, Hook 0 (eds): Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment . New York, Masson Publishers USA Inc, 1980;.
Sasanuma S:  A therapy program for impairment of the use of the kana-syllabary of Japanese aphasic patients , in Sarno MT, Hook O (eds): Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment . New York, Masson Publishers USA Inc, 1980;.
Perkins W (ed): Language Handicaps in Adults . New York, Thieme-Stratton Inc, 1983;.

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