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Murray, Laura L.; Keeton, R. Jessica; Karcher, Laura – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2006
This study examined whether attention processing training-II [Sohlberg, M. M., Johnson, L., Paule, L., Raskin, S. A., & Mateer, C. A. (2001). "Attention Process Training-II: A program to address attentional deficits for persons with mild cognitive dysfunction" (2nd ed.). Wake Forest, NC: Lash & Associates.; APT-II], when applied in the context of…
Descriptors: Memory, Listening Comprehension, Aphasia, Cognitive Ability
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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
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Helm-Estabrooks, Nancy – Journal of Communication Disorders, 2002
A study involving 13 right-handed, left hemisphere stroke patients with aphasia investigated the relationship between linguistic and nonlinguistic skills. No significant relationship was found between linguistic and nonlinguistic skills, and between nonlinguistic skills and age, education, or time post onset. Instead, individual profiles of…
Descriptors: Adults, Aphasia, Attention Span, Cognitive Ability