Stability of Word Retrieval and Discourse Measures in Aphasia

Boyle, Mary (2010) Stability of Word Retrieval and Discourse Measures in Aphasia. [Clinical Aphasiology Paper]

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Abstract

Discourse samples across three sessions from 12 individuals with aphasia were analyzed for the stability of measures of word finding, informativeness, efficiency, and main concept production. A general measure of word finding difficulty in discourse was stable from session to session, but the distribution of individual categories of word finding errors changed across sessions for all but one participant. Measures of informativeness, efficiency, and main concept production were stable at the group level, but one participant varied markedly from session to session. Discussion considers the implications for clinical researchers investigating changes in word finding and discourse production.

Item Type: Clinical Aphasiology Paper
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Depositing User: Cheryl Brown
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2010
Last Modified: 31 Oct 2016 15:13
Conference: Clinical Aphasiology Conference > Clinical Aphasiology Conference (2010 : 40th : Isle of Palms, SC : May 23-27, 2010)
URI: http://aphasiology.pitt.edu/id/eprint/2109

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