| Autor: |
Dignam J; Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance, The University of Queensland and Metro North Hospital Service, Brisbane, Australia., Rodriguez AD; Center for Visual and Neurocognitive Rehabilitation, Atlanta VA Health Care System, Decatur GA, USA.; Department of Neurology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta GA, USA., O'Brien K; Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance, The University of Queensland and Metro North Hospital Service, Brisbane, Australia., Burfein P; Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance, The University of Queensland and Metro North Hospital Service, Brisbane, Australia.; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia.; Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brisbane, Australia., Copland DA; Queensland Aphasia Research Centre, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.; Surgical Treatment and Rehabilitation Service (STARS) Education and Research Alliance, The University of Queensland and Metro North Hospital Service, Brisbane, Australia. |
| Abstrakt: |
This study investigated the relationship between early within-therapy probe naming performance and anomia therapy outcomes in individuals with aphasia. Thirty-four adults with chronic, post-stroke aphasia participated in the Aphasia Language Impairment and Functioning Therapy (Aphasia LIFT) programme, comprised of 48 h of comprehensive aphasia therapy. Sets of 30 treated and 30 untreated items identified at baseline were probed during impairment therapy which targeted word retrieval using a combined semantic feature analysis and phonological component analysis approach. Multiple regression models were computed to determine the relationship between baseline language and demographic variables, early within-therapy probe naming performance (measured after 3 h of impairment therapy) and anomia treatment outcomes. Early within-therapy probe naming performance emerged as the strongest predictor of anomia therapy gains at post-therapy and at 1-month follow-up. These findings have important clinical implications, as they suggest that an individual's performance after a brief period of anomia therapy may predict response to intervention. As such, early within-therapy probe naming may provide a quick and accessible tool for clinicians to identify potential response to anomia treatment. |
