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Kiran, Swathi; Thompson, Cynthia K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
The effect of typicality of category exemplars on naming was investigated using a single subject experimental design across participants and behaviors in four patients with fluent aphasia. Patients trained on naming of atypical exemplars demonstrated generalization to naming of intermediate and typical items. However, patients trained on typical…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Children, Generalization

Kiran, Swathi; Thompson, Cynthia K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
Four patients with fluent aphasia received a semantic feature treatment to improve naming of either typical or atypical items within semantic categories. Patients trained on naming of atypical exemplars demonstrated generalization to naming of intermediate and typical items. Patients trained on typical items demonstrated no generalized naming…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Aphasia, Generalization

Thompson, Cynthia K.; Shapiro, Lewis P.; Kiran, Swathi; Sobecks, Jana – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2003
Four individuals with agrammatic aphasia were trained to comprehend and produce filler-gap sentences with wh-movement. Two participants received treatment first on the least complex structure (who-questions), and 2 received treatment on the most complex form (object-relative constructions). Object-relative training resulted in robust…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Aphasia, Generalization