Inclusion criteria: | |||
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1. Aphasia after stroke, determined by a neurologist or rehabilitation physician and speech and language therapist; | |||
2. Within two weeks after stroke; | |||
3. Testable with ScreeLing [20]; | |||
4. Aphasia ascertained with shortened Token Test [21] and/or a score <5 on Goodglass Aphasia Severity Rating Scale [22]; | |||
5. Age between 18 and 85 years; | |||
6. Language near native Dutch; | |||
7. Life expectancy of more than six months. | |||
Exclusion criteria: | |||
1. Pre-existing aphasia; | |||
2. Subarachnoid/subdural haemorrhage/hematoma; | |||
3. Severe threats to success and/or feasibility of language therapy: | |||
a. Severe dysarthria; | |||
b. Premorbid dementia; | |||
c. Illiteracy; | |||
d. Severe developmental dyslexia; | |||
e. Severe visual perceptual disorders; | |||
f. Recent psychiatric history. |