Use of semantic feature analysis in group discourse treatment for aphasia: Extension and expansion

Falconer, Carolyn; Antonucci, Sharon M.

doi:10.1080/02687038.2011.602390

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“…This may suggest that even a small improvement of the ability to participate in conversations may have a great impact on everyday communicative situations and that the changes can be highly noticeable for the conversation partner even if they are not obvious to the person with aphasia. As pointed out in earlier studies, the strategy of self-cuing may help the conversational partner to grasp the meaning of a word presenting difficulties to the person with aphasia (Falconer & Antonucci, 2012;Laakso & Klippi, 1999). Finally, the ratings given by Barbro's significant other showed a slight decrease at follow-up.…”

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confidence: 84%

“…It is also believed that SFA can be used for self-cueing, because participants are asked always to list semantic features in a specific sequence (also in order to establish the technique) and because repeated practice is presumed to be important to facilitate the automatic processing in word-finding (Falconer & Antonucci, 2012;Peach & Reuter, 2010;Wambaugh & Ferguson, 2007). Furthermore, the mention of semantic features in a conversation presumably makes it easier for the conversational partner to guess the target word in collaborative repair (Falconer & Antonucci, 2012;Laakso & Klippi, 1999).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Findings of generalisation to connected speech but starting from a discourse-based approach to SFA have also been presented (Antonucci, 2009;Falconer & Antonucci, 2012;Peach & Reuter, 2010). Antonucci (2009) andFalconer andAntonucci (2012) performed group intervention using SFA where connected speech was elicited in a modified version of the method promoting aphasics' communicative effectiveness (Davis, 2005).…”

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“…Antonucci (2009) andFalconer andAntonucci (2012) performed group intervention using SFA where connected speech was elicited in a modified version of the method promoting aphasics' communicative effectiveness (Davis, 2005). Two participants with conduction aphasia, one with Broca's aphasia and one with transcortical aphasia, were included in the study, whose results showed an increase in informativeness and/or efficiency in discourse.…”

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Effects on communication from intensive treatment with semantic feature analysis in aphasia

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Background: Anomia, a persistent and frequent symptom of aphasia after stroke, obstructs the transfer of information in conversation, which can have serious consequences for participation in everyday social interaction with significant others and in society. Aims: This study aimed to replicate the findings of Coelho and his colleagues, as well as Boyle, and Wambaugh and Ferguson regarding the use of semantic feature analysis (SFA) for individuals with aphasia after stroke. Its main purpose was to explore whether intervention could (1) increase the ability to participate in conversation and (2) lead to positive changes in functional communication as perceived by the participants themselves and their significant others. Methods & Procedures:In this multiple-baseline across-subjects-design study, three participants with chronic aphasia were treated with intensive training using SFA. Treatment outcome was assessed with repeated measures of confrontation naming of actions and objects and with quantitative ratings of the quality of speech as well as communicative participation in conversation. The ratings were made by independent assessors blinded as to what phase of the study the data were obtained from. In addition, a questionnaire measuring perceived functional communication as reported by the participants and their significant others was administered before and after the training as well as at a follow-up session 10-12 weeks after the training was completed. Outcome & Results: Only minor treatment outcomes were apparent in this study. Visual inspection of the results showed a slight increase in the ability to participate in conversation for two of the three participants as well as a fall in the number of complex paraphasias for one of them and an increase in self-corrections for two. There was no improvement in the participants' confrontation-naming ability. Two of the three participants rated their own functional communication skills higher at follow-up than before training while the third participant reported no change. As regards the ratings by significant others at follow-up versus before training, there was one slight decrease, one slight increase, and one considerable increase. Conclusions: Treatment with SFA might improve communicative skills and increase participation in everyday conversation despite not having a measurable effect on confrontation-naming ability in a formal assessment situation. Further research is needed to identify the individuals with aphasia who can benefit from treatment with SFA and to determine the nature of its impact on communicative participation.

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Section: Generalisation and Impact On Everyday Communication What Tomentioning

confidence: 84%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 98%

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confidence: 99%

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Effects on communication from intensive treatment with semantic feature analysis in aphasia

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“…The impairment-based therapy (SFA/PCA therapy) employed in the present study aimed to strengthen participants' semantic and phonological processing as well as strengthen the connections between word meaning and form. Furthermore, some studies suggest that SFA/PCA therapy may also provide a strategy to assist word retrieval that can be employed to facilitate naming of untreated items (Antonucci, 2009;Falconer & Antonucci, 2012). Consequently, it is possible that in the present study generalisation to untreated items occurred via the strengthening of general word retrieval processes and/or the application of a trained strategy.…”

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Factors influencing treatment-induced language recovery in chronic, post-stroke aphasia

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Use of semantic feature analysis in group discourse treatment for aphasia: Extension and expansion

Cited by 55 publications

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Effects on communication from intensive treatment with semantic feature analysis in aphasia

Effects on communication from intensive treatment with semantic feature analysis in aphasia

Factors influencing treatment-induced language recovery in chronic, post-stroke aphasia

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