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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
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Banreti, Zoltan – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
This study investigates how aphasic impairment impinges on syntactic and/or semantic recursivity of human language. A series of tests has been conducted with the participation of five Hungarian speaking aphasic subjects and 10 control subjects. Photographs representing simple situations were presented to subjects and questions were asked about…
Descriptors: Theory of Mind, Semantics, Aphasia, Syntax
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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