How many words should we provide in anomia therapy? A meta-analysis and a case series study

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Influence of Cognitive Ability on Therapy Outcomes for Anomia in Adults With Chronic Poststroke Aphasia

“…These studies report somewhat variable results 4 regarding the role of executive function, self-monitoring and memory performance on anomia 5 therapy outcomes; however, this variation may have been due to small sample size. Lambon 6 Ralph, Snell, Fillingham, Conroy, and Sage (2010) pooled the data from four studies with 7 comparable treatment designs (Conroy, Sage, & Lambon Ralph, 2009a;Fillingham et al, 8 2006;Sage et al, 2011;Snell et al, 2010) to further evaluate the role of cognitive abilities in 9 a sample of 33 participants with aphasia. A principal component analysis revealed two 10 factors, a cognitive and a language factor, which accounted for 34.5% and 23.1% of the 11 variation in background measures, respectively.…”

Using Phonemic Cueing of Spontaneous Naming to Predict Item Responsiveness to Therapy for Anomia in Aphasia

“…There were some differences between the studies by Conroy, 15,16 Snell,17 and colleagues. Conroy investigated responsiveness to both noun and verb naming therapy.…”

“…[15][16][17] These were articles which had used cueing hierarchies in treating anomic deficits in participants with aphasia. Participants, who were recruited from National Health Service Rehabilitation Services across the North West and West Midlands regions of England, had presented with chronic aphasia including word retrieval impairment.…”

“…15,16,17 These studies were sufficiently similar in terms of participant recruitment, background language and cognitive testing, and therapy method, to allow for amalgamation of specific aspects of their data. Both baseline cueing data (the minimally effective cue as measured by the number of phonemes in the cue as a proportion of the target word) and postintervention accuracy data (including accurate and inaccurate words at an immediate and follow-up assessment point) were taken from all 3 studies.…”

Therapy for auditory processing impairment in aphasia: An evaluation of two approaches

“…In the context of production therapies, there has been discussion about the optimal number of words to include (Snell, Sage & Lambon Ralph, 2010). A very large number of words were treated in this study, in the hope that this would maintain interest and bring about generalised gains.…”