Functionally relevant items in the treatment of aphasia (part II): Further perspectives and specific tools

Renvall, Kati; Nickels, Lyndsey; Davidson, Bronwyn

doi:10.1080/02687038.2013.796507

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“…Treatments of word retrieval difficulties as a result of brain injuries have a strong tendency to target nouns and verbs that are concrete or highly imageable for various reasons (Renvall, Nickels, & Davidson, 2013a; b). This bias may be understandable as nouns and verbs are major word classes and they arguably carry the core information in any verbal communication.…”

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“…As such, many studies of word retrieval treatments would evaluate generalization of treatment effects to discourse, most commonly in performance in conversations, in addition to story-telling and picture description (see Carragher, Convoy, Sage, & Wilkinson, 2012; Webster & Whitworth, 2012; Webster, Whitworth, & Morris, 2015, for a review). Renvall et al (2013a; b) considered in detail the criteria for functionally relevant lexical items and methods of selecting such stimuli for language rehabilitation. Functionally relevant items could be those personally chosen by people with aphasia (PWA) or those with generally high frequency of occurrence.…”

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“…Stuart, Vanderhoof-Bilyeu, & Beukelman, 1994; Davidson, Worrall, & Hickson, 2003) and two large spoken corpora (i.e. SUBTLEX, Brysbaert & New, 2009; CELEX, Baayen, Piepenbrock, & Gulikers, 1995), Renvall et al (2013a; b) compared common conversation topics among unimpaired elderly speakers with those of PWA, and compiled lists of most frequent vocabulary items. It was found that frequently used lexical items by unimpaired speakers involve word classes besides nouns and verbs, such as adverbs, adjectives and pronouns, and they are less concrete and of lower imageability than typically trained items in language therapy.…”

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“…It was found that frequently used lexical items by unimpaired speakers involve word classes besides nouns and verbs, such as adverbs, adjectives and pronouns, and they are less concrete and of lower imageability than typically trained items in language therapy. Conversations of PWA tend to focus on the here and now and be restricted to topics concerning individuals socially close to them (Renvall et al, 2013a; b). The authors suggested that these observations were related in the sense that PWA were often unable to produce abstract or emotion words; consequently, they were limited in participating in a variety of topics of everyday conversation.…”

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“…Drawing on results of Davidson et al (2003) and Stuart (2000) that elderly speakers often use storytelling narratives to recount their life history, express their values and opinions on life issues, and to link the past and the present, Renvall et al (2013b) have made a number of recommendations for future research. More specifically, similar studies should be conducted based on language samples from speakers of a wider age range and different cultural backgrounds.…”

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An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia

Law

Kong

Lai

2017

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics

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This study analyzed the topic and vocabulary of Chinese speakers based on language samples of personal recounts in a large spoken Chinese database recently made available in the public domain, i.e. Cantonese AphasiaBank (http://www.speech.hku.hk/caphbank/search/). The goal of the analysis is to offer clinicians a rich source for selecting ecologically valid training materials for rehabilitating Chinese-speaking people with aphasia (PWA) in the design and planning of culturally and linguistically appropriate treatments. Discourse production of 65 Chinese-speaking PWA of fluent types (henceforth, PWFA) and their non-aphasic controls narrating an important event in their life were extracted from Cantonese AphasiaBank. Analyses of topics and vocabularies in terms of part-of-speech, word frequency, lexical semantics and diversity were conducted. There was significant overlap in topics between the two groups. While the vocabulary was larger for controls than that of PWFA as expected, they were similar in distribution across parts-of-speech, frequency of occurrence, and ratio of concrete to abstract items in major open word classes. Moreover, proportionately more different verbs than nouns were employed at the individual level for both speaker groups. The findings provide important implications for guiding directions of aphasia rehabilitation not only of fluent but also non-fluent Chinese aphasic speakers.

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An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia

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Kong

Lai

2017

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An Aphasia Treatment for Verbs With Low Concreteness: A Pilot Study

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Nessler

Berggren

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Am J Speech Lang Pathol

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Purpose Verbs with low concreteness are frequent in discourse samples but rarely targeted in aphasia treatments for verbs. These verbs are an important part of functional communication, and recent studies have called for more research regarding aphasia and treatment stimuli with low concreteness. The aim of this study was to pilot the use of verbs with low concreteness in a novel sentence production intervention with persons with aphasia. Method The study took the form of a single-case experimental design with multiple baselines across behaviors and across participants. Three persons with chronic nonfluent aphasia and apraxia of speech participated in the study. Each participant received treatment designed to increase the semantic networks of verbs with high frequency and low concreteness. Sentence production was closely examined over the course of treatment for treated and untreated verbs of varying concreteness levels. Additional measures of language and cognitive functioning were also taken before and after treatment. Results Results indicated improved sentence production with target verbs attributable to the treatment in the 1st phase of 2 phases for 2 of the 3 participants. The increases corresponded with the application of treatment, despite the difference in number of baseline sessions for the participants. Where there were treatment effects, there was also considerable generalization to untreated sets of items during the 1st treatment phase. Word retrieval also improved for 2 participants. Conclusions The results suggest that the novel treatment may improve sentence production and word retrieval in persons with aphasia, even when using target verbs with low concreteness ratings. Future research is warranted into the use of low concreteness verbs. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.10870958

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Tutorial for Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (AbSANT): Theoretical Rationale, Step-by-Step Protocol, and Material Resources

Sandberg

2022

Perspect ASHA SIGs

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Purpose: The availability of evidence-based therapies for abstract words is limited. Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (AbSANT) is theoretically motivated and has been shown to not only improve directly trained abstract words, such as the word emergency in the category hospital, but also promote generalization to related concrete words, such as the word doctor . Method: This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions, including cueing strategies, and material resources for conducting AbSANT. Importantly, this tutorial also explains the theoretical motivation behind AbSANT, as well as information regarding the population, dose, and environment characteristics of effective trials, to help clinicians make informed decisions regarding the applicability of this approach and to guide decision-making throughout the steps of therapy. Conclusions: AbSANT is an effective, theoretically based treatment for abstract words. This tutorial provides all of the resources needed to conduct AbSANT with clients with aphasia. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.17776211

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Functionally relevant items in the treatment of aphasia (part II): Further perspectives and specific tools

Cited by 20 publications

References 22 publications

An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia

An analysis of topics and vocabulary in Chinese oral narratives by normal speakers and speakers with fluent aphasia

An Aphasia Treatment for Verbs With Low Concreteness: A Pilot Study

Tutorial for Abstract Semantic Associative Network Training (AbSANT): Theoretical Rationale, Step-by-Step Protocol, and Material Resources

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