1991
DOI: 10.1044/jshr.3403.583
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Analysis of Topic as Illustrated in a Head-Injured and a Normal Adult

Abstract: The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable multidimensional topic analysis that would be sensitive to patterns and problems in topic management. Six conversation and four monologue language samples of a closed-head-injured adult and a matched normal adult were compared. High interjudge reliability was found for all frequently occurring parameters of the analysis. Differences between the two subjects were obtained on a number of the topic introduction and maintenance parameters. The results illustrate … Show more

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“…TBI and control subjects asked similar proportions of questions of the researcher which partly accounts for the similar amounts of information giving by the researcher. The ability of TBI subjects to request information has previously been reported to be impaired when compared with matched controls (Schloss et al 1985, Mentis andPrutting 1991). While the frequency of requesting behaviour was similar in this study, the nature of the requests was diåerent.…”
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confidence: 71%
“…TBI and control subjects asked similar proportions of questions of the researcher which partly accounts for the similar amounts of information giving by the researcher. The ability of TBI subjects to request information has previously been reported to be impaired when compared with matched controls (Schloss et al 1985, Mentis andPrutting 1991). While the frequency of requesting behaviour was similar in this study, the nature of the requests was diåerent.…”
contrasting
confidence: 71%
“…It was not appropriate however, to identify 'newly introduced' topics by the participants since in the investigation of the conversational, procedural and descriptive discourse sampling procedures the initial topic introduction was usually made by MB. Instead, drawing on Mentis and Prutting's (1991) method of analysing monologue discourse, patterns of topic and subtopic use were identified.…”
Section: Discourse Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…topic coherence was examined as described by Mentis and Prutting (1991) (also see Appendix A). The topic coherence profile is based on the 'Topic Introduction' section of their conversation topic coherence analysis.…”
Section: Discourse Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Individuals with TBI commonly appear to have minimal or no language impairment on the basis of traditional aphasia test instruments, yet they demonstrate marked communication difficulties in everyday situations. These difficulties of functional conversation and social interaction are well documented (Bracy & Douglas, 2005;Coelho, Youse, & Le, 2002;Hartley & Jensen, 1991;Liles, Coelho, Duffy, & Zalagens, 1989;McDonald, 1993a;Mentis & Prutting, 1991;Snow, Douglas, & Ponsford, 1997Togher, Hand, & Code, 1997) and they have been variously described as ''subclinical aphasia'' (Sarno, 1980), ''nonaphasic language disturbances'' (Prigatano, Roueche, & Fordyce, 1985), ''cognitive-language disorder'' (Hagen, 1984), and ''cognitive-communicative impairment'' (ASHA, 1988(ASHA, , 1991. The term cognitive-communicative impairment acknowledges that communication difficulties subsequent to TBI reflect a disturbance of the cognitive processes that underpin conversational discourse and interactional ability.…”
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confidence: 96%
“…Given the complexity and unpredictability of everyday discourse, no single tool or procedure is likely to provide clinicians with an ecologically valid representation of a client's conversational competence (Douglas, Bracy, & Snow, in press;. Many methods have been applied to discourse analysis following TBI, including analysis of cohesion (Hartley & Jensen, 1991;Mentis & Prutting, 1991), story grammar (Coelho, Liles, & Duffy, 1995;Snow, Douglas, & Ponsford, 1999), sociolinguistic analysis (Togher, 2000;Togher et al, 1997), and Clinical Discourse Analysis (Snow et al, 1997(Snow et al, , 1998. All of these methods require elicitation of representative discourse samples and transcription in order to apply specific analysis protocols.…”
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confidence: 98%