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Language-Action Games: A Probing Activity For Word Finding Accuracy By People With Aphasia, Ethan Kristek
Language-Action Games: A Probing Activity For Word Finding Accuracy By People With Aphasia, Ethan Kristek
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People with Aphasia (PWA) can demonstrate successful communication despite word finding difficulties in their everyday life. Language action games provide an opportunity for PWA to produce words and verbal utterances they may still be able to use, but they do not typically use in their everyday behavior. The lack of probing activities that mirror real life communication hinders monitoring PWA's level of successful word finding. This study was designed to examine Apples to Apples as a probing activity that provides an opportunity for PWA to demonstrate use of word finding strategies and success of word finding as measured by number …