Treating verbal short-term memory deficits by increasing the duration of temporary phonological representations: A case study

Rehabilitation of verbal short-term memory (vSTM) deficits in aphasic patients has been the focus of very few studies, despite the fact that their incidence in aphasia is high and that they further handicap residual language functioning. The few existing treatment studies on vSTM deficits have shown mitigated results and targeted attentional/ executive aspects of working memory rather than passive short-term storage capacity.