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Meligne, D.; Fossard, M.; Belliard, S.; Moreaud, O.; Duvignau, K.; Demonet, J.-F. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2011
In contrast with widely documented deficits of semantic knowledge relating to object concepts and the corresponding nouns in semantic dementia (SD), little is known about action semantics and verb production in SD. The degradation of action semantic knowledge was studied in 5 patients with SD compared with 17 matched control participants in an…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Semantics, Verbs, Dementia
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Jacks, Adam; Marquardt, Thomas P.; Davis, Barbara L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
Changes in consonant and syllable-level error patterns of three children diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS) were investigated in a 3-year longitudinal study. Spontaneous speech samples were analyzed to assess the accuracy of consonants and syllables. Consonant accuracy was low overall, with most frequent errors on middle- and…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Syllables, Speech Impairments, Longitudinal Studies
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Peach, Richard K.; Tonkovich, John D. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2004
Reports describing subcortical apraxia of speech (AOS) have received little consideration in the development of recent speech processing models because the speech characteristics of patients with this diagnosis have not been described precisely. We describe a case of AOS with aphasia secondary to basal ganglia hemorrhage. Speech-language symptoms…
Descriptors: Phonemes, Neurological Impairments, Clinical Diagnosis, Speech Communication