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Contribution of Working Memory and Inferencing to Narrative Discourse Comprehension and Production in Traumatic Brain Injury
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Lê, Karen; Coelho, Carl; Feinn, Richard – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2023
Purpose: The goal of this study was to identify some potential key cognitive and communicative processes underlying narrative discourse ability following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Specifically, this study (a) investigated the contribution of working memory (WM) and inferencing to narrative discourse comprehension and production; (b) tested key…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Short Term Memory, Inferences
Narrative and Horticultural Imperative: Predicting Discourse Ability in Traumatic Brain Injury from Cognitive and Communicative Factors
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Karen Le – ProQuest LLC, 2015
Purpose: The goal of the current research study was to advance our knowledge of cognitive-communicative disorders following traumatic brain injury (TBI) by identifying the cognitive and communicative processes underlying narrative discourse ability. The study (1) examined the role of working memory (WM) and inferencing in narrative discourse, (2)…
Descriptors: Head Injuries, Neurological Impairments, Communication Disorders, Cognitive Processes
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III and Malingering in Traumatic Brain Injury: Classification Accuracy in Known Groups
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Curtis, Kelly L.; Greve, Kevin W.; Bianchini, Kevin J. – Assessment, 2009
A known-groups design was used to determine the classification accuracy of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III (WAIS-III) variables in detecting malingered neurocognitive dysfunction (MND) in traumatic brain injury (TBI). TBI patients were classified into the following groups: (a) mild TBI not-MND (n = 26), (b) mild TBI MND (n = 31), and (c)…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Head Injuries, Intelligence Quotient, Patients
Characteristics of Auditory Agnosia in a Child with Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Report
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Hattiangadi, Nina; Pillion, Joseph P.; Slomine, Beth; Christensen, James; Trovato, Melissa K.; Speedie, Lynn J. – Brain and Language, 2005
We present a case that is unusual in many respects from other documented incidences of auditory agnosia, including the mechanism of injury, age of the individual, and location of neurological insult. The clinical presentation is one of disturbance in the perception of spoken language, music, pitch, emotional prosody, and temporal auditory…
Descriptors: Neurological Impairments, Auditory Perception, Case Studies, Children
Children's Comprehension Problems in Oral and Written Language: A Cognitive Perspective. Challenges in Language and Literacy
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Cain, Kate, Ed.; Oakhill, Jane, Ed. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Comprehension is the ultimate aim of reading and listening. How do children develop the ability to comprehend written and spoken language, and what can be done to help those who are having difficulties? This book presents cutting-edge research on comprehension problems experienced by children without any formal diagnosis as well as those with…
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Written Language, Comprehension, Speech Impairments
Processing Speed in Children with Clinical Disorders
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Calhoun, Susan L.; Mayes, Susan Dickerson – Psychology in the Schools, 2005
The Processing Speed Index (PSI) was first introduced on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale, Third Edition (WISC-III; D. Wechsler, 1991), and little is known about its clinical significance. In a referred sample (N = 980), children with neurological disorders (ADHD, autism, bipolar disorder, and LD) had mean PSI and Freedom from Distractibility Index…
Descriptors: Intelligence Tests, Intelligence Quotient, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension