Virtual Reality in Aphasia Telerehabilitation

Inclusion Criteria: * Post-stroke aphasia ≥ 3 months from stroke * Age 18-75 years * Finnish as a native language * Relative have the motivation and willingness to support person with aphasia in rehabilitation process * At least some level of spoken output * Moderate-to-severe aphasia * Deficit in a word retrieval process Exclusion Criteria: * Participation in other intervention study during the study * Participation in other traditional speech and language therapy during the VR-intervention (i.e. 9-10 weeks period). * Severe and current psychotic disorder * Dementia/other neurodegenerative disease * History of previous stroke (/strokes) if not recovered, excluding TIAs (the criteria for the recovery: no residual aphasia or other disabilities caused by stroke which would affect in significant manner on everyday life) * Active epilepsy / migraine (\< 3 years) * Severe apraxia of speech * Inability to act according to given instruction * Severe neuropsychological disorder or the decline of cognitive / memory functions, which would significantly affect for training during the VR-intervention * Vision or hearing impairment which would prevent the use of VR HMD * if the participant's treatment or medication is unsuitable with the use of VR HMD device as assessed by the physician * if the participant has the pacemaker or implantable (electric) medical device