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Brisebois, Amélie; Brambati, Simona Maria; Rochon, Elizabeth; Leonard, Carol; Marcotte, Karine – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2023
Background: Discourse analysis has recently received much attention in the aphasia literature. Even if post-stroke language recovery occurs throughout the longitudinal continuum of recovery, very few studies have documented discourse changes from the hyperacute to the chronic phases of recovery. Aims: To document a multilevel analysis of discourse…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Human Body, Brain, Neurological Impairments
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Salis, Christos; Jarrar, Rawand; Murray, Laura L. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The dual-task paradigm has been frequently used to examine stroke-related deficits because it samples behavioral performance under conditions of distraction similar to functioning in real-life environments. This original systematic review synthesizes studies that examined dual-task effects involving spoken language production in adults…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Adults, Human Body, Brain
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Dalton, Sarah Grace; Stark, Brielle C.; Fromm, Davida; Apple, Kristen; MacWhinney, Brian; Rensch, Amanda; Rowedder, Madyson – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the use of structured, monologic discourse analysis by validating an automated scoring procedure for core lexicon (CoreLex) using transcripts. Method: Forty-nine transcripts from persons with aphasia and 48 transcripts from persons with no brain injury were retrieved from the AphasiaBank database. Five…
Descriptors: Validity, Discourse Analysis, Databases, Scoring
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Ash, Sharon; McMillan, Corey; Gross, Rachel G.; Cook, Philip; Morgan, Brianna; Boller, Ashley; Dreyfuss, Michael; Siderowf, Andrew; Grossman, Murray – Brain and Language, 2011
Narrative discourse is an essential component of day-to-day communication, but little is known about narrative in Lewy body spectrum disorder (LBSD), including Parkinson's disease (PD), Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD), and dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). We performed a detailed analysis of a semi-structured speech sample in 32 non-aphasic…
Descriptors: Dementia, Aphasia, Diseases, Patients
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Marini, Andrea; Galetto, Valentina; Zampieri, Elisa; Vorano, Lorenza; Zettin, Marina; Carlomagno, Sergio – Neuropsychologia, 2011
Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) often show impaired linguistic and/or narrative abilities. The present study aimed to document the features of narrative discourse impairment in a group of adults with TBI. 14 severe TBI non-aphasic speakers (GCS less than 8) in the phase of neurological stability and 14 neurologically intact participants…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Language Impairments, Narration, Aphasia
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Mortensen, Lynne – Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 2005
This qualitative study investigated written discourse in the form of personal letters written by ten people with aphasia following stroke and ten people with cognitive-language disorder as a consequence of traumatic brain injury, and compared their performance with 15 non brain-damaged writers. Personal letters perform the dual function of…
Descriptors: Semantics, Pathology, Linguistics, Text Structure