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Test-Retest Stability Of Word Retrieval In Aphasic Discourse, Mary Boyle
Test-Retest Stability Of Word Retrieval In Aphasic Discourse, Mary Boyle
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose: This study examined the test-retest stability of select word-retrieval measures in the discourses of people with aphasia who completed a 5-stimulus discourse task. Method: Discourse samples across 3 sessions from 12 individuals with aphasia were analyzed for the stability of measures of informativeness, efficiency, main concepts, noun and verb retrieval, word-finding difficulty, and lexical diversity. Values for correlation coefficients and the minimal detectable change score were used to assess stability for research and clinical decision making. Results: Measures stable enough to use in group research studies included the number of words; the number of correct information units (CIUs); the …
What Works In Therapy: Further Thoughts On Improving Clinical Practice For Children With Language Disorders, Sarita Eisenberg
What Works In Therapy: Further Thoughts On Improving Clinical Practice For Children With Language Disorders, Sarita Eisenberg
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Purpose: In this response to Kamhi (2014), the author reviewed research about what does and does not help children with language impairment (LI) to learn grammatical features and considered how that research might inform clinical practice. Method: The author reviewed studies about therapy dose (the number of learning episodes per session) and dose frequency (how learning episodes are spaced over time) and also reviewed studies about dose form, including input characteristics and therapy strategies. Conclusion: Although the research is limited, it offers implications for how clinicians do therapy. Children with LI need many learning episodes clustered together within sessions but …