Intervention using talking word processing software: an aphasia case study.

An adult with mild aphasia (Mr. C) participated in an 8-week intervention program addressing written language. This case study reports the impact of using a talking word processing program on the frequency of errors in written language. The examiner tallied word-level substitution, addition, omissio...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:AAC: Augmentative & Alternative Communication Vol. 11; no. 3; pp. 187 - 193
Main Authors: King JM, Hux K
Format: case study tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 1995 Sep
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
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Summary:An adult with mild aphasia (Mr. C) participated in an 8-week intervention program addressing written language. This case study reports the impact of using a talking word processing program on the frequency of errors in written language. The examiner tallied word-level substitution, addition, omission, and spelling errors for preintervention, intervention, and postintervention written language samples. An immediate decrease in overall error rate occurred when Mr. C used the talking output feature to edit his written language. The frequency of errors also decreased from preintervention to postintervention samples written without the assistance of computerized spoken feedback. Subjective ratings by 20 adults revealed a significant change in overall writing quality.