Effects of syntactic cueing therapy on picture naming and connected speech in acquired aphasia
| Autor: | Ruth Herbert, Dianne Webster, Lucy Dyson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Male Acquired aphasia Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Intervention (counseling) Noun Aphasia medicine Humans Speech Determiner Applied Psychology Connected speech Aged Aged 80 and over Verbal Behavior Rehabilitation Recognition Psychology Middle Aged Syntax Linguistics Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology Therapy Computer-Assisted Language Therapy Female Cues medicine.symptom Psychology Picture naming Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 22:609-633 |
| ISSN: | 1464-0694 0960-2011 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09602011.2012.679030 |
| Popis: | Language therapy for word-finding difficulties in aphasia usually involves picture naming of single words with the support of cues. Most studies have addressed nouns in isolation, even though in connected speech nouns are more frequently produced with determiners. We hypothesised that improved word finding in connected speech would be most likely if intervention treated nouns in usual syntactic contexts. Six speakers with aphasia underwent language therapy using a software program developed for the purpose, which provided lexical and syntactic (determiner) cues. Exposure to determiners with nouns would potentially lead to improved picture naming of both treated and untreated nouns, and increased production of determiner plus noun combinations in connected speech. After intervention, picture naming of treated words improved for five of the six speakers, but naming of untreated words was unchanged. The number of determiner plus noun combinations in connected speech increased for four speakers. These findings attest to the close relationship between frequently co-occurring content and function words, and indicate that intervention for word-finding deficits can profitably proceed beyond single word naming, to retrieval in appropriate syntactic contexts. We also examined the relationship between effects of therapy, and amount and intensity of therapy. We found no relationship between immediate effects and amount or intensity of therapy. However, those participants whose naming maintained at follow-up completed the therapy regime in fewer sessions, of relatively longer duration. We explore the relationship between therapy regime and outcomes, and propose future considerations for research. |
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