Measurement of communication ability at the discourse level holds promise for predicting
how well persons with stable (eg, stroke-induced), or progressive aphasia navigate …

Background: Discourse analysis as a clinical tool in speech and language therapy remains
underused, at least partly because of the time‐consuming nature of the process of …

Our intention was to use this clinical forum to start a dialogue regarding the multitude of
discourse outcome measures currently used in studies of aphasia. Based on the …

Purpose The heterogeneous nature of measures, methods, and analyses reported in the
aphasia spoken discourse literature precludes comparison of outcomes across studies (eg …

Background: Over the past few decades, clinical aphasiologists have increasingly included
various measures of discourse, across a variety of genres, to assess treatment effects and to …

Background Discourse in adults with aphasia is increasingly the focus of assessment and
therapy research. A broad range of measures is available to describe discourse, but very …

Discourse has been defined as any language that is “beyond the boundaries of isolated
sentences”(Ulatowska & Olness, 2004, p. 300) and “a set of utterances aimed at conveying a …

Background Discourse is fundamental to everyday communication, and is an increasing
focus of clinical assessment, intervention and research. Aphasia can affect the information a …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize test–retest reliability of discourse
measures across a battery of common tasks in individuals with aphasia and prospectively …

Purpose Discourse analysis is commonly used to assess language ability and to evaluate
language change following intervention in aphasia. The purpose of this study was to identify …