The new short form demonstrates good psychometric properties when used with individuals with aphasia. However, the Mack et al. form proved to be as psychometrically sound as the BNT-Aphasia Short Form and is also appropriate for individuals with aphasia.
This study used whole-head 64 channel electroencephalography to measure changes in sensorimotor activity—as indexed by the mu rhythm—in neurologically-healthy adults, during subvocal confrontation naming tasks. Independent component analyses revealed sensorimotor mu component clusters in the right and left hemispheres. Event related spectral perturbation analyses indicated significantly stronger patterns of mu rhythm activity (pFDR < 0.05) during the video condition as compared to the picture condition, specifically in the left hemisphere. Mu activity is hypothesized to reflect typical patterns of sensorimotor activation during action verb naming tasks. These results support further investigation into sensorimotor cortical activity during action verb naming in clinical populations.
What is aphasia?Aphasia is a language disorder that affects speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Aphasia is most commonly caused by a stroke or injury to the left side of the brain. Brain tumors and other neurologic diseases can also cause aphasia. Because of language impairments, individuals with aphasia struggle to participate in daily life activities involving communication in health care settings, at home, or in their community. 1 People with aphasia and their communication partners can use supportive strategies to help them communicate in daily life. 2,3 A communication partner is anyone with whom the person with aphasia communicates. Why are supportive communication strategies important?Many places, such as medical settings, workplaces, support groups, restaurants, and businesses, can be loud and distracting, making communication more challenging. Individuals with aphasia may have more trouble communicating or feel awkward communicating in these places. As a result, they may avoid such situations and feel socially isolated. 1 What can I do to help? Recommendation 1: provide additional time for communicationIndividuals with aphasia benefit from extra time to find the words they want to say. They may need more time to understand what is being said to them. Their communication partners may need to speak slower or repeat themselves frequently for the person to understand, both of which will require additional time. Recommendation 2: communication partners should use communication strategiesCommunication partners may include family members, friends, and professionals. These individuals can use strategies to help the person with aphasia (table 1). 3 Communication partners may need to practice the use of strategies that support the individual's communication abilities and should ask the person with aphasia which strategies are most helpful for them.Recommendation 3: develop written information that is aphasia friendly Changes to text can help individuals with aphasia understand important written information (eg, medical consent, stroke education, menus). 4−7 Aphasiafriendly modifications include increased white space, use of pictures, simplified vocabulary, simplified grammar, standard font, and increased font size (16-18 point). See table 2 for examples of websites offering aphasia-friendly materials. Recommendation 4: create an environment that supports communication Easy changes to the environment can support communication (see table 1). 3 For example, communication partners should face the individual with aphasia, remove extra background sound (eg, radio or television), and confirm that the lighting is at a desired level.
Purpose The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of verbal–gestural treatment on verb production in patients with acute aphasia. Method Treatment was delivered during inpatient stay to four participants using a single-subject design. Results All patients demonstrated improvements in verbal expression. Some patients' improvements generalized to untrained verbs and nouns. Conclusions This study indicates verbal–gestural treatment can be an effective treatment model for acute aphasia in a hospital environment. Concurrent deficits resulting from stroke may impact the success with verbal–gestural treatment at this acute phase of recovery.
scite is a Brooklyn-based organization that helps researchers better discover and understand research articles through Smart Citations–citations that display the context of the citation and describe whether the article provides supporting or contrasting evidence. scite is used by students and researchers from around the world and is funded in part by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health.
hi@scite.ai
10624 S. Eastern Ave., Ste. A-614
Henderson, NV 89052, USA
Copyright © 2024 scite LLC. All rights reserved.
Made with 💙 for researchers
Part of the Research Solutions Family.