Detail The Use Of Main Concept Analysis To Measure Discourse Production In Cantonese-Speaking Persons With Aphasia: A Preliminary Report   Oleh:  Kong, Anthony Pak-Hin Jenis: Article from Journal Dalam koleksi: Journal of Communication Disorders vol. 42 (2009), page 442–464. Fulltext: The Use Of Main Concept Analysis To Measure Discourse Production In Cantonese-Speaking Persons With Aphasia A Preliminary Report.pdf (543.62KB) Isi artikel Discourse produced by speakers with aphasia contains rich and valuable information for researchers to understand themanifestation of aphasia as well as for clinicians to plan specific treatment components for their clients. Various approaches to investigate aphasic discourse have been proposed in the English literature. However, this is not the case in Chinese. As a result, clinical evaluations of aphasic discourse have not been a common practice. This problem is further compounded by the lack of validated stimuli that are culturally appropriate for language elicitation. The purpose of this study was twofold: (a) to develop and validate four sequential pictorial stimuli for elicitation of language samples in Cantonese speakers with aphasia, and (b) to investigate the use of amain concept measurement, a clinically oriented quantitative system, to analyze the elicited language samples. Twenty speakerswith aphasia and ten normal speakerswere invited to participate in this study. The aphasic group produced significantly less key information than the normal group. More importantly, a strong relationship was also found between aphasia severity and production of main concepts. While the results of the inter-rater and intra-rater reliability suggested the scoring system to be reliable, the test–retest results yielded strong and significant correlations across two testing sessions one to three weeks apart. Learning outcomes: Readers will demonstrate better understanding of (1) the development and validation of newly devised sequential pictorial stimuli to elicit oral language production, and (2) the use of a main concept measurement to quantify aphasic connected speech in Cantonese Chinese. Published by Elsevier Inc. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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