Cued Naming Therapy

A structured aphasia therapy approach in which clinicians provide progressively stronger hints (cues) to help a person retrieve a target word. Cues may be phonological (providing the first sound or syllable), semantic (giving a related word or category), orthographic (showing the written word or first letter), or contextual (providing a sentence frame). The cueing hierarchy typically moves from weaker to stronger cues, with the goal of promoting independent word retrieval. Computer-based and mobile implementations of cued naming therapy allow patients to practice independently with remote clinician monitoring.