The efficacy of computer-provided reading treatment of chronic aphasic adults.
We examined the effects of computer-provided reading activities on language performance in chronic aphasic patients. Fifty-five aphasic adults were assigned randomly to one of three conditions: computer reading treatment, computer stimulation, or no treatment. Subjects in the computer groups used co...
| Published in: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 493 - 508 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Jun1997
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=107297662&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 107297662 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun1997 vid: 40 iid: 3 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association place: Rockville, Maryland artinfo: ui: 107297662 107297662 1998076538 10.1044/jslhr.4003.493 NLM9210109 107297662 ppf: 493 ppct: 15 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: T tig: atl: The efficacy of computer-provided reading treatment of chronic aphasic adults. aug: au: Katz RC Wertz RT affil: Department of Veterans Affairs, Medical Center, 650 E. Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ 85012-1892. E-mail: katz.richard@phoenix.va.gov sug: subj: Aphasia Rehabilitation Software Utilization Reading Funding Source Analysis of Variance T-Tests Multivariate Analysis of Variance Task Performance and Analysis Middle Age Aged Aged, 80 and Over Male Female Human Middle Aged: 45-64 years Aged: 65+ years Aged, 80 & over Male Female ab: We examined the effects of computer-provided reading activities on language performance in chronic aphasic patients. Fifty-five aphasic adults were assigned randomly to one of three conditions: computer reading treatment, computer stimulation, or no treatment. Subjects in the computer groups used computer 3 hours each week for 26 weeks. Computer reading treatment software consisted of visual matching and reading comprehension tasks. Computer stimulation software consisted of nonverbal games and cognitive rehabilitation tasks. Language measures were administered to all subjects at entry and after 3 and 6 months. Significant improvement over the 26 weeks occurred on five language measures for the computer reading treatment group, on one language measure for the computer stimulation group, and on none of the language measures for the no-treatment group. The computer reading treatment group displayed significantly more improvement on the Porch Index of Communicative Ability 'Overall' and 'Verbal' modality percentiles and on the Western Aphasia Battery Aphasia 'Quotient' and 'Repetition' subtest than the other two groups. The results suggest that (a) computerized reading treatment can be administered with minimal assistance from a clinician, (b) improvement on the computerized reading treatment tasks generalized to non-computer language performance, (c) improvement resulted from the language content of the software and not stimulation provided by a computer, and (d) the computerized reading treatment we provided to chronic aphasic patients was efficacious. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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