Treatment for improving discourse in aphasia: A systematic review and synthesis of the evidence base

L Dipper, J Marshall, M Boyle, N Botting, D Hersh… - Aphasiology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
discourse is strongly influenced by the quality and completeness of the treatment evidence
base. The purpose of the current review was … discourse production treatment in aphasia. The …

Standardizing assessment of spoken discourse in aphasia: A working group with deliverables

BC Stark, M Dutta, LL Murray, L Bryant, D Fromm… - American Journal of …, 2021 - ASHA
… of spoken discourse collection, analysis, and reporting in aphasia, … review and (b) create
a database of test–retest spoken discourse data from individuals with and without aphasia

The importance of thematic informativeness in narrative discourse recovery in acute post-stroke aphasia

A Brisebois, SM Brambati, M Désilets-Barnabé… - Aphasiology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… to measure improvements in discourse production in early post-stroke aphasia recovery. …
changes in the discourse production of individuals with aphasia in the acute post-stroke phase. …

Measuring change at the discourse-level following conversation treatment: Examples from mild and severe aphasia

G DeDe, E Hoover - Topics in Language Disorders, 2021 - journals.lww.com
… article reviews four discourse measures and examines whether they are sensitive to
impairments in people with both mild and severe aphasia. We also ask whether these measures

Revisiting the correct information unit: Measuring informativeness in unstructured conversations in people with aphasia

MC Leaman, LA Edmonds - American Journal of Speech-Language …, 2019 - ASHA
information unit (CIU) can be reliably applied to unstructured conversational discourse in
people with aphasia … for a study examining utterance-level measurement of linguistic skills …

Changes in discourse informativeness and efficiency following communication-based group treatment for chronic aphasia

M Boyle, CM Akers, R Cavanaugh, WD Hula… - Aphasiology, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
… outcomes will be a focus of our larger project examining discourse outcomes from the Elman
and Bernstein-Ellis (1998a, 1998b) study. It is possible that the individuals with very severe …

Spoken discourse assessment and analysis in aphasia: An international survey of current practices

BC Stark, M Dutta, LL Murray, D Fromm, L Bryant… - Journal of Speech …, 2021 - ASHA
discourse in aphasia is to identify practices that maximize analytical stability and generalizability
of study findings. Given the growth in spoken discourse research in aphasiareviewed. …

Communicative informativeness in aphasia: Investigating the relationship between linguistic and perceptual measures

J Webster, J Morris - American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 2019 - ASHA
… In considering informativeness, the most dominant analysis has been the identification of
correct information units (CIUs) and the associated measuresdiscourse of adults with aphasia.…

[HTML][HTML] Choosing discourse outcome measures to assess clinical change

M Boyle - Seminars in Speech and Language, 2020 - thieme-connect.com
… the measure will allow you to show change related to aphasia treatment. Finally, if the discourse
outcome measure has … In summary, when reviewing an outcome measure that has been …

Conversation as an outcome of aphasia treatment: a systematic scoping review

JH Azios, B Archer, N Simmons-Mackie… - American Journal of …, 2022 - ASHA
Reviews of discourse measures more … measures matter most to people with aphasia, their
significant others, and to clinicians. Importantly, many of the measures described in this review