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Wilson, Stephen M.; Eriksson, Dana K.; Brandt, Temre H.; Schneck, Sarah M.; Lucanie, Jillian M.; Burchfield, Annie S.; Charney, Sara; Quillen, Ian A.; de Riesthal, Michael; Kirshner, Howard S.; Beeson, Pélagie M.; Ritter, Leslie; Kidwell, Chelsea S. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Recovery from aphasia after stroke has a decelerating trajectory, with the greatest gains taking place early and the slope of change decreasing over time. Despite its importance, little is known regarding evolution of language function in the early postonset period. The goal of this study was to characterize the dynamics and nature of…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Aphasia, Language Impairments, Patients
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Marinac, Julie V.; Harper, Laura – Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2009
The aim of this article is to inform the diagnostic knowledge base for professionals working in the field of language disorders when classic symptoms, characteristics and sequences are not found. The information reveals the risk of diagnosis with a developmental language disorder (DLD) by default when no underlying cause can be readily identified.…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Aphasia, Language Impairments, Standardized Tests
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Boles, Larry – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1998
Gains made by a woman with Broca's aphasia as documented by traditional measures were paralleled by changes in conversation, including increased verbal output and efficiency, and changes in conversation-repair patterns. The progress documented with conversational discourse analysis was not observable from other test measures. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods
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Bastiaanse, Roelien; van Zonneveld, Ron – Brain and Language, 2004
Verb production is notoriously difficult for individuals with Broca's aphasia, both at the word and at the sentence level. An intriguing question is at which level in the speech production these problems arise. The aim of the present study is to identify the functional locus of the impairment that results in verb production deficits in Broca's…
Descriptors: Verbs, Expressive Language, Aphasia, Language Impairments
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Williams, Sarah E.; And Others – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1994
Thirty-two subjects (5 Broca's, 7 conduction, and 10 anomic aphasics and 10 normal controls) performed story retell and procedural discourse tasks containing familiar and unfamiliar topics, with familiar and unfamiliar listeners. Results indicated that topic familiarity significantly influenced verbal output in both normal and aphasic subjects.…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Context Effect, Discourse Analysis
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Le Dorze, Guylaine; Bedard, Christine – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1998
Connected speech of 134 healthy, Canadian French-speaking adults, grouped according to age and education level, was analyzed using an aphasia battery. Results demonstrated that older subjects with less education produced fewer content units and were less efficient in transmitting lexico-semantic information. Effects of age and education level on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Age Differences, Aphasia