Aphasia is a disorder caused by damage to the brain regions that support the ability to comprehend and produce speech, and is a common occurrence after stroke. At present, clinicians cannot reliably predict the extent to which a patient with stroke is likely to recover from aphasia. In this article, Priceet al. introduce PLORAS (Predicting Language Outcome and Recovery After Stroke), a new data-led system that is designed to predict language outcome on the basis of lesion site.
- Cathy J. Price
- Mohamed L. Seghier
- Alex P. Leff
