Every year approximately 15,000 Veterans are hospitalized for stroke, and up to 40% of those Veterans will experience stroke-related language impairment (i.e., aphasia). Stroke-induced aphasia results in increased healthcare costs and decreased quality of life. As the population of Veterans continues to age, there will be an increasing number for Veterans living with the aphasia and its consequences. Those Veterans deserve to receive aphasia treatment designed to facilitate the best possible outcomes. In the proposed study, the investigators will investigate optimal treatment intensity and predictors of treatment response for a novel word retrieval treatment. The knowledge the investigators gain will have direct implications for the selecting the right treatment approach for the right Veteran.
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Number of correctly named pictures
Timeframe: Through study completion, an average of 6 months; Change from baseline to 3 weeks (post massed-INT) or 12 weeks (post distributed-INT), change at 3 months post-treatment, change at 6 months post-treatment
Number of correctly generated category members
Timeframe: Through study study completion, an average of 6 months; Change from baseline to 3 weeks (post m-INT) or 12 weeks (post d-INT), change at 3 months post-treatment, change at 6 months post-treatment
Western Aphasia Battery
Timeframe: Baseline
Boston Naming Test
Timeframe: Baseline
Test of Everyday Attention
Timeframe: Baseline
Brief Visuospatial Memory Test-Revised
Timeframe: Baseline
Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised
Timeframe: Baseline
Digit Span Backwards
Timeframe: Baseline
Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) Sorting
Timeframe: Baseline
Structural MRI scan
Timeframe: Baseline
Functional MRI scan
Timeframe: Baseline