In this study, the connected discourse of 25 adults with aphasia was rated on the dimension
of “informativeness” by 11 unfamiliar listeners using a direct magnitude estimation (DME) …

Measuring communicative informativeness under conversational discourse conditions is
perhaps the most valid means of determining the interpersonal verbal communication …

Purpose Informativeness refers to how successfully a person is able to convey their intended
message. This study explores the relationship between perceptual ratings of …

The Correct Information Unit (CIU) analysis for measuring the communicative
informativeness and efficiency of connected speech (Nicholas & Brookshire, 1993) was …

About 6 years ago, when we first became interested in evaluating clinically relevant changes
in the informativeness of aphasic adults' connected speech with treatment, we found that the …

Background: SentenceShaper®(SSR) is a computer program that is for speech what a word‐
processing program is for written text; it allows the user to record words and phrases, play …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine whether the correct information unit
(CIU) can be reliably applied to unstructured conversational discourse in people with …

A standardized rule-based scoring system, the Correct Information Unit (CIU) analysis, was
used to evaluate the informativeness and efficiency of the connected speech of 20 non-brain …

The purpose of the study is to examine informativeness and efficiency of the connected
speech samples in the discrimination of the severity of fluent aphasic individuals. Thirty …

This study aimed to (1) examine the applicability of a self-rating procedure to measure the
ability of hearing impaired children to understand connected discourse,(2) assess the effect …