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What type of assessment is used specifically for evaluating anomia?
What type of assessment is used specifically for evaluating anomia?
Which two stages are involved in lexical retrieval according to the provided information?
Which two stages are involved in lexical retrieval according to the provided information?
What is a common characteristic that can influence performance in naming tasks?
What is a common characteristic that can influence performance in naming tasks?
Which area of the brain is primarily associated with anomia due to lexical retrieval impairment?
Which area of the brain is primarily associated with anomia due to lexical retrieval impairment?
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What role do cross-modality naming assessments play in evaluating anomia?
What role do cross-modality naming assessments play in evaluating anomia?
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Which of the following tests is considered an informal method for assessing naming ability?
Which of the following tests is considered an informal method for assessing naming ability?
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What does error analysis in language tasks help to determine?
What does error analysis in language tasks help to determine?
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Which factor is mentioned to affect both spoken and written word comprehension in semantic disruptions?
Which factor is mentioned to affect both spoken and written word comprehension in semantic disruptions?
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What treatment approach uses varying levels of support to assist word retrieval?
What treatment approach uses varying levels of support to assist word retrieval?
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Which of the following is a common pattern of impairment in individuals with aphasia?
Which of the following is a common pattern of impairment in individuals with aphasia?
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What type of assessment involves asking 'Is this a...?' to evaluate comprehension?
What type of assessment involves asking 'Is this a...?' to evaluate comprehension?
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Which treatment method is designed to enhance word retrieval through phonemic cues?
Which treatment method is designed to enhance word retrieval through phonemic cues?
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What is a characteristic of semantic reversibility in sentence comprehension?
What is a characteristic of semantic reversibility in sentence comprehension?
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What approach targets production by focusing on verbs as the core of sentences?
What approach targets production by focusing on verbs as the core of sentences?
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Which cueing method involves sorting pictures into categories to enhance word retrieval?
Which cueing method involves sorting pictures into categories to enhance word retrieval?
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What is a key goal of auditory comprehension treatment approaches?
What is a key goal of auditory comprehension treatment approaches?
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What is typically preserved in individuals with anomia, aiding in word retrieval?
What is typically preserved in individuals with anomia, aiding in word retrieval?
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Which term refers to a treatment method involving pointing drills and answering yes/no questions?
Which term refers to a treatment method involving pointing drills and answering yes/no questions?
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What is a challenge in sentence-level comprehension commonly faced by those with aphasia?
What is a challenge in sentence-level comprehension commonly faced by those with aphasia?
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What does the concept of 'spaced retrieval training' primarily focus on?
What does the concept of 'spaced retrieval training' primarily focus on?
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Which of the following is an informal assessment method in evaluating language production?
Which of the following is an informal assessment method in evaluating language production?
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What potential treatment approach could facilitate word retrieval by using gestures?
What potential treatment approach could facilitate word retrieval by using gestures?
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Which of the following is NOT one of Grice's maxims?
Which of the following is NOT one of Grice's maxims?
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Pragmatic competence involves understanding the literal meaning of words.
Pragmatic competence involves understanding the literal meaning of words.
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Name one approach that is emphasized in discourse analysis.
Name one approach that is emphasized in discourse analysis.
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The main goal of the PACE treatment approach is to improve __________ communication.
The main goal of the PACE treatment approach is to improve __________ communication.
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Match the following genres of discourse with their descriptions:
Match the following genres of discourse with their descriptions:
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Which of the following best describes a cueing hierarchy?
Which of the following best describes a cueing hierarchy?
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Comprehension is typically impaired in individuals with phonological lexical output disruptions.
Comprehension is typically impaired in individuals with phonological lexical output disruptions.
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What treatment method focuses on the underlying need for a string semantic system for both comprehension and word retrieval?
What treatment method focuses on the underlying need for a string semantic system for both comprehension and word retrieval?
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Errors in __________ are common for individuals with oral naming difficulties.
Errors in __________ are common for individuals with oral naming difficulties.
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Match the treatment methods with their associated strategies:
Match the treatment methods with their associated strategies:
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Which approach has shown effectiveness in improving naming skills without relying on compensatory cues?
Which approach has shown effectiveness in improving naming skills without relying on compensatory cues?
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Spelling knowledge is typically impaired in individuals with anomia.
Spelling knowledge is typically impaired in individuals with anomia.
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What type of cues can be used in a cueing hierarchy for word retrieval?
What type of cues can be used in a cueing hierarchy for word retrieval?
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What is the primary goal of spaced retrieval training?
What is the primary goal of spaced retrieval training?
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Semantic reversibility makes sentences easier to understand.
Semantic reversibility makes sentences easier to understand.
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What is a common method to assess single-word comprehension?
What is a common method to assess single-word comprehension?
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The ability to understand spoken language is referred to as __________.
The ability to understand spoken language is referred to as __________.
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Match the following factors to their impact on sentence complexity:
Match the following factors to their impact on sentence complexity:
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Which task is typically part of assessing single-word comprehension?
Which task is typically part of assessing single-word comprehension?
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Assessing verb comprehension is not necessary in auditory comprehension tasks.
Assessing verb comprehension is not necessary in auditory comprehension tasks.
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Which assessment method is informal and involves following commands?
Which assessment method is informal and involves following commands?
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Name a factor that impacts the difficulty of sentence comprehension.
Name a factor that impacts the difficulty of sentence comprehension.
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Patients produce target words with systematically increasing __________ between retrieval.
Patients produce target words with systematically increasing __________ between retrieval.
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Sentence-level comprehension deficits are uncommon in individuals with aphasia.
Sentence-level comprehension deficits are uncommon in individuals with aphasia.
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Name one treatment approach based on Schuells’s method for auditory comprehension.
Name one treatment approach based on Schuells’s method for auditory comprehension.
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What is commonly targeted in assessments of auditory comprehension?
What is commonly targeted in assessments of auditory comprehension?
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The test known as ______ includes subtests for production of complex linguistic structures.
The test known as ______ includes subtests for production of complex linguistic structures.
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Match the assessment type with its purpose:
Match the assessment type with its purpose:
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Which of the following is a common example of a task used in assessing sentence-level production?
Which of the following is a common example of a task used in assessing sentence-level production?
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Auditory comprehension treatment approaches involve assuming that the language system is completely lost.
Auditory comprehension treatment approaches involve assuming that the language system is completely lost.
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What type of questions are included in potential tasks for assessing comprehension?
What type of questions are included in potential tasks for assessing comprehension?
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In auditory comprehension, the treatment involving answering ______ questions is effective.
In auditory comprehension, the treatment involving answering ______ questions is effective.
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Match the treatment methods with their descriptions:
Match the treatment methods with their descriptions:
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Which treatment focuses on the core of the sentence being the verb?
Which treatment focuses on the core of the sentence being the verb?
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Surface alexia and agraphia shows that individuals have complete phonological abilities.
Surface alexia and agraphia shows that individuals have complete phonological abilities.
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What is the main difficulty faced by individuals with pure alexia?
What is the main difficulty faced by individuals with pure alexia?
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________ processing is primarily associated with a large perisylvian area in the brain.
________ processing is primarily associated with a large perisylvian area in the brain.
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Match the following types of alexia with their descriptions:
Match the following types of alexia with their descriptions:
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Which of the following best describes the regularity effect in surface alexia?
Which of the following best describes the regularity effect in surface alexia?
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Patients with agrammatic aphasia may benefit from treatments focusing on syntactic structure.
Patients with agrammatic aphasia may benefit from treatments focusing on syntactic structure.
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What therapy aims to strengthen phonological skills in individuals with reading impairments?
What therapy aims to strengthen phonological skills in individuals with reading impairments?
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In aphasia treatment, __________ treatment focuses on improving retrieval of content words.
In aphasia treatment, __________ treatment focuses on improving retrieval of content words.
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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of global alexia?
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of global alexia?
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Study Notes
Anomia
- Anomia is a difficulty in naming, impacting functional communication.
- It's assessed through confrontation naming tasks, involving picture naming and object naming.
- The lexical retrieval/naming system comprises input and output stages, with input triggering output.
- In confrontation tasks, the focus lies on the type of input that can elicit accurate output.
- The input is presented visually (pictures or written words) facilitating recognition from memory.
- The process involves two stages:
- Semantic Stage: Input processing with pictures or words
- Phonological Stage: Retrieving the name (lexical output) for spoken or written language.
- Confrontation tasks focus on visual object recognition (input), while linguistic tasks involve presenting written words (input).
Neurological Underpinnings of Lexical Retrieval/Anomia
- Anomia results from a disruption in the left hemisphere neural network, particularly involving Broca's area.
- This disruption can be caused by lesions in perisylvian and extrasylvian regions.
- The left-inferior temporal region plays a crucial role in semantic (lexical input) processing.
Naming/Lexical Retrieval Assessment
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Formal Methods:
- Boston Naming Test
- Object and Action Naming Battery
- Expressive Vocabulary Test
- Language Activity Resource Kit
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Informal Methods
- Standardized tests can be used informally without strict administration or scoring criteria.
- Language Samples
- Conversations
- Response, Convergent, and Divergent Naming
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Modalities
- Cross-modality naming assessment is essential.
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Input Modalities:
- Speech
- Objects/Pictures
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Output Modalities:
- Speech
- Writing
- Gesture/Pointing
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General Considerations:
- Word-finding difficulties should be identified in spontaneous speech and structured tasks.
- Structured naming tasks provide a comprehensive assessment of naming functions across various input and output modalities.
- Help to distinguish between impairment at the semantic or phonological stage of processing (or both).
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Factors Impacting Performance
- Nouns vs. verbs
- Semantic categories
- Imageability
- Length
- Familiarity
- Word frequency
- Age of acquisition
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Error Analysis:
- Valuable information regarding the nature of impairment can be gleaned by assessing language tasks with a focus on correct/incorrect responses.
Disruptions to Processing Systems
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Semantic Disruptions:
- Errors in both comprehension and naming tasks, affecting spoken and written word comprehension.
- Difficulty interpreting the meaning of gestures, objects, and pictures.
- Oral word reading and writing dictation may remain unaffected.
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Phonological Lexical Output Disruptions:
- Oral word production is impaired.
- Comprehension is preserved.
- Errors in oral naming.
- Errors in oral word reading.
- Difficulty activating the output lexicon.
Naming/Lexical Retrieval Treatment
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Cueing Hierarchies:
- Providing progressively more support as needed.
- Semantic cues
- Phonemic cues
- Presenting the target in different modalities.
- Providing the target and requesting repetition.
- Computerized programs.
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Semantic Treatment:
- Based on the need for a strong semantic system for both comprehension and word retrieval.
- Utilizing comprehension treatment to facilitate word retrieval.
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Activities:
- Sorting pictures into categories
- Matching auditory words, written words, and pictures (with distractors)
- Yes/no verification of semantic characteristics of target pictures.
- Semantic feature analysis.
- Training patients to employ a matrix of cue words designed to trigger elements or characteristics of the target word.
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Phonological Treatments:
- Based on phonological representations, involving word repetition tasks.
- Less effective than comprehension and cueing strategies.
- No consensus regarding the effectiveness of these treatments for word-finding impairments.
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Re-organizational Approaches to Treatment:
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Spelling Knowledge:
- May be preserved in individuals with anomia.
- Can aid in word retrieval via phonemic self-cueing.
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Gesture:
- May facilitate correct word retrieval.
- Typing two letters into a computer to generate the initial phoneme of the target word, followed by the patient pronouncing the sound to provide a phonemic cue.
- Results: Improved naming skills, even without comprehension or self-cues.
- Combining gestures with the target word can elicit production.
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Spelling Knowledge:
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General Factors to Consider
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Spaced Retrieval Training:
- Patients produce small sets of personally relevant target words with systematically increasing periods between retrieval.
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Intensity of Treatment:
- Influences progress.
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Generalization:
- Aim for improved functional communication in conversation contexts.
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Spaced Retrieval Training:
Auditory Comprehension
- The ability to understand spoken language
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Single-Word Comprehension Assessment:
- Present a verbal word and give instructions to point to a corresponding object, structure, or picture.
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Tasks:
- Matching written words to pictures/objects.
- Asking "Is this a..." or "book?" (wait for yes/no response - verbal, written, or gestural).
- Nouns are typically targeted, but verb comprehension can also be assessed with these methods.
Sentence-Level Comprehension
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Factors Impacting Complexity:
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Semantic Reversibility:
- The meaning of sentences depends on word knowledge, making reversible sentences (words with interchangeable meaning in a sentence) challenging.
- Non-reversible sentences are easier as word meaning provides interpretation even without syntax comprehension.
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Sentence Structure:
- Complex structures are more difficult to understand.
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Number of Prepositions:
- More prepositions or verbs increase complexity.
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Semantic Reversibility:
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Impairment Patterns in Aphasia:
- Sentence-level comprehension deficits are common in Wernicke's and global aphasia.
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Assessment:
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Standardized Forms:
- PALPA
- Revised Token Test
- BDAE
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Informal Assessment:
- Following commands
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Tasks:
- Simple and complex yes/no questions
- Answering open-ended questions following information presentation (reading or storytelling).
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Standardized Forms:
Auditory Comprehension Treatment Approaches
- Based on the stimulation approach, assuming that the language system is not lost but needs to be reactivated efficiently.
- For individuals experiencing comprehension and production deficits.
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Activities:
- Pointing drills.
- Following directions/commands.
- Yes/no questions.
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Schuell’s Approach:
- Sentence/phrase completion ("cloze procedure") - filling in predictable words in phrases and sentences.
- Open-ended questions and retelling.
Sentence-Level Production
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Informal Assessment:
- Spontaneous speech
- Sequence Description
- Picture Description
- Analysis procedures
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Formal/Standardized Aphasia Batteries
- PAL: Subtests for production of complex linguistic structures.
- "Point to the picture that shows the elephant was chased by the lion" (comprehension).
- "I want you to start talking about the cat. Use the word chase." (production).
Treatment
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Verb-Centered Treatment:
- Assumes verbs contain information about argument structure.
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Cueing Verbs Treatment:
- Verbs as the "core" of a sentence.
- Structured practice with verb production, arguments, and repetition.
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Verb Network Strengthening Treatment:
- Improves the retrieval of content words within simple active sentences.
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Syntactically Oriented Treatment:
- Sentence Production Program for Aphasia
- Language Production for Syntax
- Production of specific sentence types improves with repeated exposure to similar sentence forms with different lexical items.
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Treatment of Underlying Forms for Functional Morphological Categories:
- Focuses on less complex structures in functional morphology.
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Functional Morphology:
- Emphasizes the use and understanding of grammatical morphemes, which are small units of language that carry meaning but are not words themselves (e.g., -ing, -ed, -s).
- The treatment often focuses on the production and comprehension of these morphemes within simple sentences, using strategies such as sentence completion, picture-based descriptions, and repeated practice.
Naming/Lexical Retrieval Treatment
- Cueing hierarchies provide progressively more support as needed.
- Semantic cues, phonemic cues, target in different modalities, and providing the target and asking for repetition are examples of cueing hierarchies.
- Computerized programs can also be used.
Semantic Treatment
- This treatment focuses on the need for a strong semantic system for both comprehension and word retrieval.
- Comprehension treatment can be used to facilitate word retrieval. This includes tasks like sorting pictures into categories, matching written words to pictures, and answering yes/no questions about semantic characteristics of target pictures.
- Semantic feature analysis involves using a matrix of cue words to trigger elements or characteristics of the target word.
Phonological Treatment
- Phonological treatments involve repeating words to focus on phonological representations.
- These treatments can be less effective than comprehension and cueing strategies.
- There is no consensus on whether semantic or phonological treatment is better for word-finding impairments.
Re-Organizational Approaches to Treatment
- Spelling knowledge: May be preserved in individuals with anomia and can facilitate word retrieval through phonemic self-cueing.
- Gesture: Can facilitate correct word retrieval. For example, typing two letters into a computer to generate the initial phoneme of the target word, and then pronouncing the sound, can provide a phonemic cue.
- Gesture and target word together: This combined approach can elicit word production.
General Factors For Treatment of Naming/Lexical Retrieval
- Spaced retrieval training: Patients produce small sets of personally relevant target words with increasing intervals between retrieval.
- Intensity of treatment: The amount of therapy provided.
- Generalization: The ability of the skills learned in therapy to be applied to everyday situations.
- Goal: Improved functional communication in conversational contexts.
### Auditory Comprehension
- This refers to the ability to understand spoken language.
Single-Word Comprehension Assessment:
- Present a word verbally and provide instructions to point to the object, picture, or structure.
- Potential tasks include matching written words to pictures, asking "Is this a...?" or "book?", and assessing verb comprehension.
### Sentence-Level Comprehension
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Factors impacting sentence complexity:
- Semantic Reversibility: Sentences with words that are easily interchangeable are more difficult to understand (e.g., "The cat chased the dog" vs. "The dog chased the cat"). Non-reversible sentences (where word order matters) are easier.
- Sentence Structure: More complex structures are more difficult to understand.
- Number of Prepositions: More prepositions and verbs in a sentence increase its complexity.
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Common impairment patterns in aphasia: - Sentence-level comprehension deficits are common in Wernicke's and global aphasia.
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Assessment: - Standardized forms: PALPA, Revised Token Test, BDAE - Informal assessments: Following commands.
- Potential tasks: Simple and complex yes/no questions, answering open-ended questions after presentation of information (reading or storytelling).
Auditory Comprehension Treatment Approaches
- Stimulation Approach: Building on remaining language abilities to improve efficiency.
- Pointing Drills: For individuals with comprehension and production deficits.
- Following Directions and Commands: Also for individuals with comprehension and production deficits.
- Yes or No Questions: Used to assess and improve comprehension.
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Treatment based on Schuells’s Approach:
- Sentence/phrase completion: "Cloze procedure"- completing common phrases with predictable answers.
- Open-ended questions and retelling: Encouraging recall and language production.
Sentence-Level Production
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Informal assessments:
- Spontaneous speech: Analyzing the patient's natural speech patterns.
- Sequence Description: Describing a series of events.
- Picture Description: Describing a visual scene.
- Analysis Procedures: Analyzing the patient's production of specific language elements.
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Formal/Standardized Aphasia Batteries:
- PAL: Includes subtests for production of complex linguistic structures. (Example task: Point to the picture that shows the elephant was chased by the lion (comprehension) / "I want you to start talking about the cat. Use the word chase" (production)).
Sentence-Level Production Treatment Approaches
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Verb-centered treatment: This approach focuses on the verb as the core of the sentence.
- Cueing verbs treatment: Using prompts to support verb retrieval and production.
- Structured practice: Producing sentences by practicing producing verbs, arguments, and repetition.
- Verb network strengthening treatment: Aims to improve retrieval of content words within simple active sentences.
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Syntactically oriented treatment: Focuses on improving the production of specific sentence types.
- Sentence production program for aphasia: Utilizes repeated exposure and production of sentences with the same form but different lexical items.
- Treatment of underlying forms for functional morphologic categories: This approach addresses less complex structures and functional morphology (e.g., grammatical endings).
Neural Bases of Reading and Writing
- Phonological processing: Primarily located in the large perisylvian area of the brain.
- Semantic processing: Located in the larger extrasylvian areas of the brain.
- Orthographic processing: Located in the extrasylvian areas.
Central Processing Impairments
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Global/Deep Alexia:
- Patterns in performance: Performance in reading and spelling is influenced by stimuli characteristics (typically better performance with real words than nonwords).
- Reading and spelling errors: Common errors include substitutions, semantic errors.
- Treatments: Reestablishing sublexical sound-letter correspondences, strengthening phonological skills, and sentence and paragraph level reading/spelling therapy.
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Surface Alexia and Agraphia:
- Patterns in performance: Regularity effect: A phonological approach is effective for words spelled regularly and nonwords, but there is difficulty with irregularly spelled words.
- Treatments: Relies on preserved phonological ability, focuses on retaining irregular orthographic representations, and might use CART (Computer-Assisted Reading Therapy).
Peripheral Impairments
- Pure alexia: Impairment in converting graphemes (letters) into spoken words (letter-by-letter reading) despite relatively preserved verbal/spoken language.
- Allographic alexia: Difficulty in converting graphemes to letter shapes, despite being able to name the letter. The individual can spell a word aloud but cannot write it on paper.
- Apraxic alexia: Poorly formed letters with distortions, additions, and deletions. Letters may be partially correct, but there is inconsistency and errors like adding extraneous letters or shapes.
Pragmatics
- Definition: Pragmatics focuses on how language transmits meaning beyond just structure and semantics.
- Pragmatic competence: The ability to understand the speaker's intended meaning.
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Grice's Maxims:
- Quality: Be truthful and provide evidence for claims.
- Quantity: Be informative but avoid being overly verbose.
- Relevance: Stay on topic and ensure contributions are relevant to the conversation.
- Manner: Be clear, unambiguous, and concise in communication.
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Assessment:
- Informal assessment: Narrative analysis, interviews, behavioral observation.
- Formal/structured assessment: Rating scales, checklists, standardized assessments.
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Treatment:
- PACE (Promoting Aphasic Communicative Effectiveness): Aims to improve functional communication.
Discourse
- Definition: Discourse refers to any form of communication.
- Genres of discourse: Narrative, procedural, expository, conversation.
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Discourse analysis: Examines the structure and organization of spoken or written language.
- Psycholinguistic approaches: Often describe aphasic characteristics in a specific and non-contextual way.
- Sociolinguistic approaches: Focus on the functional use of language in real-world contexts.
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Treatment:
- Remediation for conversational skills and narrative production: May use technology like aphasia scripts and sentence shapers.
- Modifications of the communicative environment: Provide a variety of levels of support during therapy.
- Formulaic language: Overlearned words, phrases, or longer linguistic units that are natural to use in speech, occur naturally, and are important for normal interactions.
- Neural bases of Formulaic Language: Right hemisphere and subcortical structures.
- Impact in aphasia: Formulaic language is often a component of aphasia assessment because it helps to identify automatic speech/recitation, acknowledgements of greetings/salutations, and sentence completions with idioms.
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This quiz explores the complexities of Anomia, a condition affecting naming and functional communication. Participants will engage with concepts around confrontation naming tasks, the stages of lexical retrieval, and the neurological underpinnings of Anomia, particularly focusing on Broca's area. Test your understanding of how these elements interact in the process of language and communication.