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The Effect of Drawing to Enhance Word Retrieval in Individuals with Chronic Severe Aphasia
(East Carolina University, 2012)
The purpose of the current study was to examine if individuals with severe chronic aphasia could increase their ability to retrieve object names by implementing the compensatory strategy of drawing. This unique treatment ...
Discourse processing treatment for adults with aphasia.
(East Carolina University, 2015)
The general goal of treatment for people with aphasia (PWA) is to improve their ability to communicate, which involves the discourse level. Treatment at this level is not a new concept, and there are many well-established ...
MEASUREMENT OF WORD RETRIEVAL IN THE DISCOURSE OF PERSONS WITH APHASIA: STANDARD CORE LEXICON ITEM DEVELOPMENT AND PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES
(East Carolina University, 8/5/2020)
Core lexicon measures are a quantitative measure of lexical use in discourse for persons with aphasia. It is intended to provide clinicians with a clinician-friendly means to quantify lexical use in discourse based on ...
Factors Correlated with Communication Confidence in Persons with Aphasia: A Synthetic Cohort Analysis
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-15)
Aphasia is an acquired language disorder that affects a person's communication abilities. Consequently, aphasia can have a profound impact on how persons with aphasia (PWA) experience their personal life. Recently, approaches ...
Influence of linguistic context and working memory on auditory comprehension in young and older adults with aphasia
(East Carolina University, 2010)
The purpose of the current investigation was to examine the influence of linguistic context on auditory comprehension in adults with aphasia, explore effects of the explanatory variables of age, working memory (WM), aphasia ...