Purpose: Dementia from Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized primarily by a significant
decline in memory abilities; however, language abilities are also commonly affected and …

Purpose: A major barrier to the wider use of language sample analysis (LSA) is the fact that
transcription is very time intensive. Methods that can reduce the required time and effort …

[Objective]. After a stroke, one-third of patients suffer from aphasia, a language disorder that
impairs communication ability. The standard behavioral tests used to diagnose aphasia are …

Purpose: People with aphasia and their families want rehabilitation services that improve
real-world communication. Thus, clinicians and researchers have increased focus on …

Background It is important to capture a comprehensive language profile from speakers with
aphasia. One way to do this is to evaluate spoken discourse, which is language beyond a …

Discourse is a fundamentally important aspect of communication, and discourse production
provides a wealth of information about linguistic ability. Aphasia commonly affects, in …

Background Aphasia can affect the communication between the person with aphasia (PWA)
and the communication partner (CP). It is therefore necessary to support both the PWA and …

Purpose To improve the utility of the cookie theft stimuli by reporting normative control data
on both original and modern cookie theft pictures for clinically feasible discourse analysis …

Background It is common for the elderly population to have age-associated cognitive decline
and/or develop neurodegenerative diseases such as dementia. Several studies have …

This chapter focuses on discourse measures that can be analyzed with either no or minimal
transcription. For each measure, key research evidence, including availability of materials …