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 …

In their lead article, Dietz and Boyle (This issue) consider the evolution of discourse outcome
measurement in aphasia rehabilitation, positing an urgent need for standardisation. We are …

Dietz and Boyle (this issue) present a compelling argument for the development of a core
outcome set for discourse (D-COS) in aphasia research. As has been demonstrated …

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 …

Dietz and Boyle ask if we have reached a tipping point in regard to systematizing discourse
measurement in aphasia research. We agree that research into aphasia and discourse has …

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

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 …

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

Purpose Spoken discourse analysis is commonly employed in the assessment and
treatment of people living with aphasia, yet there is no standardization in assessment …

Discourse (a unit of language longer than a single sentence) is fundamental to everyday
communication. People with aphasia (a language impairment occurring most frequently after …