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Why the use of ideographic codes does not improve communicative skills in patients with severe aphasia?

Guido Gainotti
Published in: The Behavioral and brain sciences (2023)
In his target article, Morin claims that ideographic codes are exceedingly difficult to use. In my commentary I will show that the use of Bliss symbols does not improve the communicative abilities of aphasic patients with severe language disorders. This failure to remediate communication disorders may result from disruption of inner language allowing to translate ideographic codes into spoken language.
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