Analyzing Language in the Picnic Scene Picture and in Conversation: The Type of Discourse Sample We Choose Influences Findings in People With Aphasia.

Purpose: People with aphasia express that improved conversational discourse is a primary rehabilitation goal. Discourse is usually assessed using monologue, such as a picture description task, but research shows that language in monologue varies from language in everyday conversation. Consequently,...

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Publicado en:American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1413 - 1431
Autores principales: Leaman, Marion C., Edmonds, Lisa A.
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Publicado: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Jul2023
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          Leaman, Marion C.
          Edmonds, Lisa A.
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          Aphasia Rehabilitation
          Language Evaluation
          Storytelling
          Conversation
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Severity of Disability
          Human
          Funding Source
          Discourse Analysis
          Speech Sample
          Language Tests
          Speech-Language Pathologists
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Child
          Male
          Female
          Descriptive Statistics
          Spearman's Rank Correlation Coefficient
          Intraclass Correlation Coefficient
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Child: 6-12 years
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          Female
      ab: Purpose: People with aphasia express that improved conversational discourse is a primary rehabilitation goal. Discourse is usually assessed using monologue, such as a picture description task, but research shows that language in monologue varies from language in everyday conversation. Consequently, we investigated the relationship of language in unstructured conversation and in the picnic scene picture because it is a part of the most often used aphasia battery (Western Aphasia Battery–Revised) and thus is frequently used to inform therapy. Second, because previous research suggests people with severe aphasia may not demonstrate language production variability between types of monologue-level discourse, we evaluated the relationship of severity and the difference in scores between conversation and the picnic scene task. Method: Thirty-four people with mild-to-severe aphasia described the picnic scene and provided a conversation sample. We measured language production and communicative success using seven measures with established psychometrics in conversation/monologue. We conducted correlations to answer the research questions. Results: Correlations were moderate and weaker for the measures in the two conditions. A strong negative relationship was demonstrated between aphasia severity and global coherence. All other relationships were moderate and weaker for the remaining measures when correlated with aphasia severity (also negative). Conclusions: Results are consistent with other studies indicating that language varies in different types of discourse. We conclude that for accurate, meaningful assessment, discourse sampling needs to include the specific type of discourse the individual wishes to address in therapy, because discourse samples and their findings are not interchangeable.
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