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?It's All Communication': Family Members' Perspectives on the Communication Needs for Themselves and Their Relatives with Primary Progressive Aphasia
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Katharine Davies; Tami Howe; Jeff Small; Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024
Background: Communication disabilities, such as primary progressive aphasia (PPA), impact family members as well as the individuals with the condition. To provide adequate communication care to people with PPA (PwPPA) and their family members, it is crucial to understand the communication needs from the family members' perspectives. To date,…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Communication Disorders, Aphasia, Clinical Diagnosis
A Case Series of Verbal Semantic Processing in Primary Progressive Aphasia: Evidence from the N400 Effect
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Stalpaert, Jara; Cocquyt, Elissa-Marie; Miatton, Marijke; Sieben, Anne; Van Langenhove, Tim; van Mierlo, Pieter; De Letter, Miet – International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2021
Background: The semantic variant of primary progressive aphasia (PPA) is typically associated with a loss of semantic knowledge. Research on the semantic processing in the other clinical variants of PPA is, however, rather sparse and limited to off-line behavioural studies. Aims: This study aimed to investigate verbal semantic processing in…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Semantics, Verbal Communication, Diagnostic Tests
Treatment for Word Retrieval in Semantic and Logopenic Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia: Immediate and Long-Term Outcomes
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Henry, Maya L.; Hubbard, H. Isabel; Grasso, Stephanie M.; Dial, Heather R.; Beeson, Pélagie M.; Miller, Bruce L.; Gorno-Tempini, Maria Luisa – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: Recent studies confirm the utility of speech-language intervention in primary progressive aphasia (PPA); however, long-term outcomes, ideal dosage parameters, and relative benefits of intervention across clinical variants warrant additional investigation. The purpose of this study was to determine whether naming treatment affords…
Descriptors: Speech Language Pathology, Intervention, Outcomes of Treatment, Semantics
Coverbal Gestures in the Recovery from Severe Fluent Aphasia: A Pilot Study
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Carlomagno, Sergio; Zulian, Nicola; Razzano, Carmelina; De Mercurio, Ilaria; Marini, Andrea – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2013
This post hoc study investigated coverbal gesture patterns in two persons with chronic Wernicke's aphasia. They had both received therapy focusing on multimodal communication therapy, and their pre- and post-therapy verbal and gestural skills in face-to-face conversational interaction with their speech therapist were analysed by administering a…
Descriptors: Semantics, Aphasia, Speech Therapy, Interpersonal Communication
Comparing Fixed- And Randomized-Interval Spaced Retrieval in Anomia Treatment
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Morrow, K. Leigh; Fridriksson, Julius – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
Spaced retrieval (SR) has recently been modified to target anomia in persons with aphasia (PWA). It relies on a strict management of the inter-stimulus interval (ISI) where the time between stimulus presentations is doubled or halved based on response accuracy. Although SR is successful in treating anomia, it remains to be studied whether the…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Cues, Outcomes of Treatment, Semantics
A Comparison of Picture Description Abilities in Individuals with Vascular Subcortical Lesions and Huntington's Disease
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Jensen, Angela M.; Chenery, Helen J.; Copland, David A. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
The lexical-semantic and syntactic abilities of a group of individuals with chronic nonthalamic subcortical (NS) lesions following stroke (n=6) were investigated using the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) picture description task [Kertesz, A. (1982). "The Western aphasia battery." New York: Grune and Stratton] and compared with those of a…
Descriptors: Diseases, Aphasia, Semantics, Syntax
Model-Based Semantic Treatment for Naming Deficits in Aphasia.
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Drew, Ruby L.; Thompson, Cynthia K. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 1999
A semantic-based treatment was used initially to train naming of nouns in four adults with aphasia. Treatment responses and error patterns indicated treatment resulted in improved naming of both trained and untrained items for two participants. Two other participants showed improved naming only after phonological information was added. Results…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Language Impairments, Nouns