Aphasia
Scalp acupuncture coupled with speech-language therapy modulates the ventral-dorsal structural brain network in patients with post-stroke anomia: a randomized clinical and DTI neuroimaging trial
A single-center randomized trial found greater immediate naming-score improvement when scalp acupuncture was added to speech-language therapy, but the small per-protocol analysis, lack of sham control and unblinded treatment limit causal interpretation.
Speech Therapy Combined With Cerebrolysin in Enhancing Nonfluent Aphasia Recovery After Acute Ischemic Stroke: ESCAS Randomized Pilot Study
The ESCAS pilot found a 14.805-point greater mean 90-day Western Aphasia Battery–Aphasia Quotient gain with Cerebrolysin plus speech therapy, with uncertain generalizability and functional benefit.