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

Core Lexicon (CoreLex) is a relatively new approach assessing lexical use in discourse.
CoreLex examines the specific lexical items used to tell a story, or how typical lexical items …

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

Background Large-shared databases and automated language analyses allow for the
application of new data analysis techniques that can shed new light on the connected …

Background General consensus exists between clinicians as to the incorporation of
discourse outcome measures into language assessment for persons with aphasia (PWA) …

Background Despite the clinical importance of assessing the efficiency and accuracy of
fluency in terms of content words production during connected speech, assessments based …

Background Patients with anomic aphasia experience difficulties in narrative processing.
General discourse measures are time consuming and require necessary skills. Core lexicon …

Background Although discourse‐level assessments contribute to predicting real‐world
performance in persons with aphasia (PWA), the use of discourse measures is uncommon in …

Purpose: The aim of this study was to advance the use of structured, monologic discourse
analysis by validating an automated scoring procedure for core lexicon (CoreLex) using …

Purpose: This article reviews four discourse measures and examines whether they are
sensitive to impairments in people with both mild and severe aphasia. We also ask whether …