Basis of intonation disturbance in aphasia: Perception

Seddoh, S. Amebu

doi:10.1016/j.jneuroling.2005.12.002

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“…Emotional prosody, for example on a prosody and facial expression matching task, is suggested to be relatively unimpaired in aphasia (Barrett et al, 1999;Pell & Baum, 1997;Geigenberger & Ziegler, 2001;Perlman Lorch et al, 1998), though the opposite has also been reported (Pell & Baum, 1997;Pell, 1998). In contrast, linguistic prosodic processing has been shown to be impaired in aphasia, such as the ability to recognise focus/emphasis on prominent entities in an utterance (Geigenberger & Ziegler, 2001;Baum, 1998) and the ability to indicate whether a sentence is a statement or a question (Pell & Baum, 1997;Seddoh, 2006;Perkins et al, 1996). Pell & Baum (1997) showed that prosody recognition by PWA was impaired on linguistic stimuli that required the processing of syntactic/semantic as well as prosodic cues simultaneously.…”

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The importance of situated language use for aphasia rehabilitation

Doedens¹,

Meteyard²

2018

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There is a growing realization that the traditional approach to studying language, i.e. as a decontextualized,linguistic phenomenon, does not allow us to fully understand communication in the real world. Bystudying the way people process words and sentences in isolation, a wealth of variables that play a role innaturalistic communication are missed. In the study of aphasia, a language impairment caused by acquiredbrain damage such as stroke, a thorough understanding of the mechanisms of naturalistic communicationis imperative, as this is the behaviour therapy aims to improve. The field of aphasiology currently lacksa comprehensive, theoretically founded definition of communication. This lack of understanding, we willargue, makes it nearly impossible to accurately describe a person’s level of communicative ability in everydaylife as well as to predict with certainty what kind of intervention will lead to a change at the levelof communication. In this article we propose a model of situated language use borrowed from sociology,psychology, communication sciences and psycholinguistics, which covers both internal (e.g. individual) andexternal (e.g. environmental) factors that influence communication, including the traditional linguisticskills that have been extensively researched in the past. The model defines language use as: (1) interactive,(2) multimodal, and (3) based on context (common ground). An extensive review of existing researchon each component of the model in non-brain damaged adults and people with aphasia is provided. Theconsequences of adopting this approach to diagnosis and therapy for aphasia are discussed. The aim of thisarticle is to encourage a more systematic approach to the study of situated language use in aphasia.

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The importance of situated language use for aphasia rehabilitation

Doedens¹,

Meteyard²

2018

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What is Functional Communication? A Theoretical Framework for Real-World Communication Applied to Aphasia Rehabilitation

Doedens

Meteyard

2022

Neuropsychol Rev

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Aphasia is an impairment of language caused by acquired brain damage such as stroke or traumatic brain injury, that affects a person’s ability to communicate effectively. The aim of rehabilitation in aphasia is to improve everyday communication, improving an individual’s ability to function in their day-to-day life. For that reason, a thorough understanding of naturalistic communication and its underlying mechanisms is imperative. The field of aphasiology currently lacks an agreed, comprehensive, theoretically founded definition of communication. Instead, multiple disparate interpretations of functional communication are used. We argue that this makes it nearly impossible to validly and reliably assess a person’s communicative performance, to target this behaviour through therapy, and to measure improvements post-therapy. In this article we propose a structured, theoretical approach to defining the concept of functional communication. We argue for a view of communication as “situated language use”, borrowed from empirical psycholinguistic studies with non-brain damaged adults. This framework defines language use as: (1) interactive, (2) multimodal, and (3) contextual. Existing research on each component of the framework from non-brain damaged adults and people with aphasia is reviewed. The consequences of adopting this approach to assessment and therapy for aphasia rehabilitation are discussed. The aim of this article is to encourage a more systematic, comprehensive approach to the study and treatment of situated language use in aphasia.

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The Neurocognition of Prosody

Paulmann

2016

Neurobiology of Language

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Prosody is one of the most undervalued components of language, despite fulfilling manifold purposes: it can, for instance, help assign the correct meaning to compounds such as 'white house' (linguistic function), or help a listener understand how a speaker feels (emotional function). However, brain based models that take into account the role prosody plays in dynamic speech comprehension are still rare. This is probably due to the fact that it has proven difficult to fully denote the neurocognitive architecture underlying prosody. This review discusses clinical and neuroscientific evidence regarding both linguistic and emotional prosody. It will become obvious that prosody processing is a multi-stage operation and that its temporally and functionally distinct processing steps are anchored in a functionally differentiated brain network.

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Basis of intonation disturbance in aphasia: Perception

Cited by 7 publications

References 94 publications

The importance of situated language use for aphasia rehabilitation

The importance of situated language use for aphasia rehabilitation

What is Functional Communication? A Theoretical Framework for Real-World Communication Applied to Aphasia Rehabilitation

The Neurocognition of Prosody

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