Measuring transactional success in the conversation of people with aphasia

Autor: Barbara Rende, Gail Ramsberger
Rok vydání: 2002
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Zdroj: Aphasiology. 16:337-353
ISSN: 1464-5041
0268-7038
DOI: 10.1080/02687040143000636
Popis: Background: Conversation is one of the most important forms of human communication. The way in which one participates in conversation is necessarily impacted by aphasia. Recent changes in delivery of rehabilitation services place greater emphasis on functional outcome and this, in turn, has been a catalyst for the development of rehabilitation approaches that focus on conversation. However, an important missing element in studies of the efficacy of such approaches is a method for evaluating success in conversation. Aims: The object of this study was to develop an ecologically valid and reliable measure of transactional success in conversation. Methods & Procedures: The procedures for measuring transactional success in conversation described in this study utilizes standardized procedures while simulating natural conversations as much as possible. It provides a method for measuring what has been understood/exchanged when the conversation concludes, and affords an external reference against which the accurac...
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