The Efficacy of Cueing Techniques in Broca’s Aphasia

Abstract

Twenty Broca's aphasia patients were stimulated with four cues in a picture-naming task. Among the severe aphasics in the group, presentation of a word to be imitated was the most effective cue and presentation of the initial syllable of the word ranked second. Sentence completion and printed word cues were equally effective and ranked third. Mild aphasic patients responded equally well to all four classes of cues. Reliability measures indicated that the order of potency of cues for the severe group was stable over time. Oral apraxia did not appear to contribute significantly to the severity of Broca's aphasia in any of these subjects. Possible explanations are presented for the effectiveness of cues studied.

The facilitation of picture naming in aphasia

“…There can be no doubt that this is a successful method of eliciting picture names from aphasic patients (Patterson, Purell, & Morton, 1983;Myers Pease & Goodglass, 1978;Love & Webb, 1977). By itself, of course, a phonemic cue does not uniquely specify a word; in conjunction with the appropriate picture, however, it does so.…”

Structural prediction in aphasia: Evidence from either

“…The role of prediction in aphasic comprehension is less clear. Some evidence suggests that lexical prediction may be spared in aphasia (Dickey et al, 2014; Love & Webb, 1977; cf. Mack et al, 2013), and there is even indication that structural prediction may be spared in some people with aphasia (PWA; e.g.…”

“…It has long been known that strongly predictive sentence contexts can facilitate lexical retrieval and production in aphasia (Love & Webb, 1977). Recent work shows that people with aphasia (PWA) read words more quickly in contexts that make them highly predictable (Dickey, Warren, Hayes & Milburn, 2014).…”

Varieties of errors produced by aphasic patients in phonemic cueing

“…Phonemic cueing techniques are frequently employed in aphasia therapy, and the facilitative effects of phonemic cueing in eliciting picture-naming responses is well established (Pease andGoodglass 1978, Love andWebb 1977). Pease and Goodglass (1978) found that phonemic cueing was superior to other cues tested (sentence completion, rhyme, location, function and superordinate cues) during a confrontation-naming task.…”