Measuring transactional success in the conversation of people with aphasia
Autor: | Barbara Rende, Gail Ramsberger |
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Rok vydání: | 2002 |
Předmět: |
Linguistics and Language
Rehabilitation media_common.quotation_subject medicine.medical_treatment LPN and LVN Object (philosophy) Language and Linguistics Neurology Otorhinolaryngology Transactional leadership Aphasia Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Natural (music) Conversation Neurology (clinical) Element (criminal law) medicine.symptom Psychology Social psychology Human communication media_common Cognitive psychology |
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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