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

Background: Informativeness is a measure of communicative success, referring to how
successfully the person with aphasia is able to convey their intended message …

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) …

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 …

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

In their timely and carefully structured manuscript, Dietz and Boyle (this issue) discuss the
need to develop a core outcome set for discourse (D-COS) research in aphasia. Their …

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 …

Background Discourse analyses yield quantitative measures of functional communication in
aphasia. However, they are historically underutilized in clinical settings. Confrontation …

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