Purpose This study examined discourse characteristics of individuals with aphasia who
scored at or above the 93.8 cutoff on the Aphasia Quotient subtests of the Western Aphasia …

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 This study evaluated interrater reliability (IRR) and test–retest stability (TRTS) of
seven linguistic measures (percent correct information units, relevance, subject–verb …

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

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 …

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 …

Purpose The primary aim was to examine the utility of the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised
(WAB-R;) for classifying variants of primary progressive aphasia (PPA). Traditional WAB-R …

Objective: The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) is one of the most commonly
used aphasia batteries. The newest edition has undergone significant revisions since its …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the utility of two automated indices of
lexical diversity, the Moving-Average Type–Token Ratio (MATTR) and the Word Information …

Background: The functional communication deficits that result from aphasia are well known,
although contributing factors have not been systematically studied. Although overall aphasia …