Can impairment-focused therapy change the everyday conversations of people with aphasia? A review of the literature and future directions

Aphasiology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 895-916

  Carragher, Marcella ^a   Conroy, Paul ^a   Sage, Karen ^a   Wilkinson, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conversation; Impairment; Interaction; Outcome; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANOMIA; APHASIA; ASSOCIATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONVERSATION; ERROR; FOLLOW UP; GESTURE; HUMAN; IMPAIRMENT FOCUSED THERAPY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; REVIEW; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VERBALIZATION;

EID: 84866866549     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687038.2012.676164     Document Type: Review

References (76)

1. Armstrong, E. (2000). Aphasic discourse analysis: The story so far. Aphasiology, 14, 875-892.
2. Armstrong, E., & Ferguson, A. (2010). Language, meaning, context, and functional communication. Aphasiology, 24, 480-496.
3. Bastiaanse, R., Edwards, S., Mass, E., & Rispens, J. (2003). Assessing comprehension and production of verbs and sentences: The Verb and Sentence Test (VAST). Aphasiology, 17, 49-73.
4. Beeke, S., Maxim, J., Best, W., & Cooper, F. (2011). Redesigning therapy for agrammatism: Initial findings from the ongoing evaluation of a conversation-based intervention study. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 24, 222-236.
5. Beeke, S., Wilkinson, R., & Maxim, J. (2003a). Exploring aphasic grammar 1: A single case analysis of conversation. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 17, 81-107.
6. Beeke, S., Wilkinson, R., & Maxim, J. (2003b). Exploring aphasic grammar 2: Do language testing and conversation tell a similar story?. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 17, 109-134.
7. Beeke, S., Wilkinson, R., & Maxim, J. (2007). Grammar without sentence structure: A conversation analytic investigation of agrammatism. Aphasiology, 21, 256-282.
8. Berndt, R. S., Wayland, S., Rochon, E., Saffran, E., & Schwartz, M. (2000). Quantitative Production Analysis. Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.
9. Biber, D., Conrad, S., & Reppen, R. (1998). Corpus linguistics: Investigating language structure and use. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
10. Boles, L. (1997). Conversation analysis as a dependent measure in communication therapy with four individuals with aphasia. Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, 2, 43-61.
11. Boles, L., & Bombard, T. (1998). Conversational discourse analysis: Appropriate and useful sample sizes. Aphasiology, 12, 547-560.
12. Boo, M., & Rose, M. L. (2011). The efficacy of repetition, semantic, and gesture treatments for verb retrieval and use in Broca's aphasia. Aphasiology, 25, 154-175.
13. Booth, S., & Perkins, L. (1999). The use of conversation analysis to guide individualised advice to carers and evaluate change in aphasia: A case study. Aphasiology, 13, 283-303.
14. Booth, S., & Swabey, D. (1999). Group training in communication skills for carers of adults with aphasia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 34, 291-309.
15. Boyle, M. (2011). Discourse treatment for word retrieval impairment in aphasia: The story so far. Aphasiology, 25, 1308-1326.
16. Brady, M., & Armstrong, L. (2007). Disordered communicative interaction: Current and future approaches to analysis and treatment. Aphasiology, 21, 251-255.
17. Byng, S., & Lesser, R. (1993). A review of therapy at the level of the sentence in aphasia. In M. Paradis (Ed.), Foundations of aphasia rehabilitation (pp. 319-362). Oxford, UK: Pergamon Press.
18. Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. (2009a). Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia: Can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech? International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 44, 1036-1062.
19. Conroy, P., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2009b). The effects of decreasing and increasing cue therapy on improving naming speed and accuracy for verbs and nouns in aphasia. Aphasiology, 23, 707-730.
20. Correll, A., van Steenbrugge, W., & Scholten, I. (2010). Judging conversation: How much is enough? Aphasiology, 24, 612-622.
21. Cunningham, R., &Ward, C. (2003). Evaluation of a training programme to facilitate conversation between people with aphasia and their partners. Aphasiology, 17, 687-7007.
22. Davidson, B., Worrall, L., & Hickson, L. (2003). Identifying the communication activities of older people with aphasia: Evidence from naturalistic observation. Aphasiology, 17, 243-264.
23. Douglas, J. M., O'Flaherty, C. A., & Snow, P. C. (2000). Measuring perception of communicative ability: The development and evaluation of the La Trobe communication questionnaire. Aphasiology, 14, 251-268.
24. del Toro, C.M., Altmann, L. J. P., Raymer, A.M., Leon, S., Blonder, L. X., & Gonzalez Rothi, L. J. (2008). Changes in aphasic discourse after contrasting treatments for anomia. Aphasiology, 22, 881-892.
25. Edmonds, L. A., Nadeau, S. E., & Kiran, S. (2009). Effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on lexical retrieval of content words in sentences in persons with aphasia. Aphasiology, 23, 402-424.
26. Erber, N. P. (1994). Conversation as therapy for older adults in residential care: The case for intervention. European Journal of Disorders of Communication, 29, 165-182.
27. Fillingham, J. K., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2005a). Further explorations and an overview of errorless and errorful therapy for aphasic word-finding difficulties: The number of naming attempts during therapy affects outcome. Aphasiology, 19, 597-614.
28. Fillingham, J. K., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2005b). Treatment of anomia using errorless versus errorful learning: Are frontal executive skills and feedback important? International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 40, 505-523.
29. Fillingham, J. K., Sage, K., & Lambon Ralph, M. A. (2006). The treatment of anomia using errorless learning. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 16, 129-154.
30. Fisher, J. P., & Glenister, J. M. (1992). The Hundred Pictures Naming Test. Victoria: Australian Council for Educational Research.
31. Fox, S., Armstrong, E., & Boles, L. (2009). Conversational treatment in mild aphasia: A case study. Aphasiology, 23, 951-964.
32. Goodwin, C. (1995). Co-constructing meaning in conversations with an aphasic man. Research on Language and Social Interactions, 28, 233-260.
33. Gordon, J. K. (2008). Measuring the lexical semantics of picture description in aphasia. Aphasiology, 22, 839-852.
34. Greenwood, A., Grassly, J., Hickin, J., & Best, W. (2010). Phonological and orthographic cueing therapy: A case of generalised improvement Aphasiology, 24, 991-1016.
35. Heeschen, C., & Schegloff, E. A. (2003). Aphasic agrammatism as interactional artefact and achievement In C. Goodwin (Ed.), Conversation and brain damage (pp. 231-282). New York: Oxford University Press.
36. Herbert, R., Best, W., Hickin, J., Howard, D., & Osborne, F. (2003). Combining lexical and interactional approaches to therapy for word finding deficits in aphasia. Aphasiology, 17, 1163-1186.
37. Herbert, R., Hickin, J., Howard, D., Osborne, F., & Best, W. (2008). Do picture-naming tests provide a valid assessment of lexical retrieval in conversation in aphasia? Aphasiology, 22, 184-203.
38. Hernández-Sacristán, C., & Rosell-Clari, V. (2009). Syntax and conversation in aphasia. A strategic restrictive use of Spanish and Catalan connector QUE by aphasic speakers. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 23, 717-741.
39. Hickin, J., Herbert, R., Best, W., Howard, D., & Osborne, F. (2006). Efficacy of treatment: Effects on word retrieval and conversation. In C. P. J. M. S. Byng (Ed.), Second aphasia therapy file. Hove, UK: Psychology Press.
40. Hinckley, J. J., & Carr, T. H. (2001). Differential contributions of cognitive abilities to success in skill-based versus context-based aphasia treatment. Brain and Language, 79, 3-6.
41. Holland, A. L. (1980). Communicative Abilities in Daily Living. Baltimore: University Park Press.
42. Horton, S. (2007). Topic generation in aphasia language therapy sessions: Issues of identity. Aphasiology, 21, 283-298.
43. Hutchby, I., &Wooffitt, R. (2008). Conversation analysis: Principles, practices and applications. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press.
44. Jordan, F., Ward, K., & Cremona-meteyard, S. (1997). Word-finding in the conversational discourse of children with closed head injury. Aphasiology, 11, 877-888.
45. Kolk, H. (1995). A time-based approach to agrammatic production. Brain and Language, 50, 282-303.
46. Lambon Ralph, M. A., Snell, C., Fillingham, J.K., Conroy, P., & Sage, K. (2010). Predicting the outcome of anomia therapy for people with aphasia post CVA: Both language and cognitive status are key predictors Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 20, 289-305.
47. Larfeuil, C., & Le Dorze, G. (1997). An analysis of the word-finding difficulties and of the content of the content of the discourse of recent and chronic aphasic speakers. Aphasiology, 11, 783-811.
48. Lehnen, J., Anderson, S., Raymer, A. M., Blonder, L. X., & Rothi, L. J. G. (2006). Conversational outcomes of word retrieval training in aphasia: Nouns and verbs. Paper presented at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Miami, Florida.
49. Lomas, J., Pickard, L., Bester, S., Elbard, H., Finlayson, A., & Zoghaib, C. (1989). The Communication Effectiveness Index: Development and psychometric evaluation of a functional communication measure for adults. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 54, 113-124.
50. Lubinski, R. (1978-1979). Why so little interest in whether or not old people talk? A review of recent research on verbal communication among the elderly. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 9, 237-245.
51. Manning, L., & Warrington, E. K. (1996). Two routes to naming: A case study. Neuropsychologia, 34, 809-817.
52. Marshall, J. (2002). The assessment and treatment of sentence processing disorders: A review of the literature. In A. Hillis (Ed.), Handbook on adult language disorders: Integrating cognitive neuropsychology, neurology and rehabilitation. New York: Psychology Press.
53. Mayer, J., & Murray, L. (2003). Functional measures of naming in aphasia:Word retrieval in confrontation naming versus connected speech. Aphasiology, 17, 481-497.
54. Miller, J., & Chapman, R. (2000). Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT) [computer software, SALT for Windows, Research Version 6.1]. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin, Language Analysis Lab.
55. Miller, J. F., & Chapman, R. S. (1991). SALT: A computer program for the systematic analysis of language transcripts. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin.
56. Nicholas, L. E., & Brookshire, R. H. (1993). A system for quantifying the informativeness and efficiency of the connected speech of adults with aphasia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 36, 338-350.
57. Nickels, L. (2002). Improving word finding: Practice makes (closer to) perfect?. Aphasiology, 16, 1047-1060.
58. Oelschlaeger, M. L., & Thorne, J. C. (1999). Application of the correct information unit analysis to the naturally occurring conversation of a person with aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 636-648.
59. Page, S. J., & Harnish, S. (2012). Thinking about better speech: Mental practice for stroke-induced motor speech impairments. Aphasiology, 26, 127-142.
60. Pashek, G. V., & Tompkins, C. A. (2002). Context and word class influences on lexical retrieval in aphasia. Aphasiology, 16, 261-286.
61. Perkins, L., Crisp, J., & Walshaw, D. (1999). Exploring conversation analysis as an assessment tool for aphasia: the issue of reliability. Aphasiology, 13, 259-281.
62. Ramsberger, G., & Menn, M. (2003). Co-constructing Lucy: Adding a social perspective to the assessment of communicative success in aphasia. In G. Goodwin (Ed.), Conversation and brain damage. New York: Oxford University Press.
63. Rose, M., Douglas, J., & Matyas, T. (2002). The comparative effectiveness of gesture and verbal treatments for a specific phonologic naming impairment. Aphasiology, 16, 1001-1030.
64. Ryan, E. B., Giles, H., Bartolucci, G., & Henwood, K. (1986). Psycholinguistic and social psychological components of communication by and with the elderly. Language and Communication, 6, l-24.
65. Sacks, H., Schegloff, E. A., & Jefferson, G. (1974). A simplest systematics for the organization of turntaking in conversation. Language, 50, 696-735.
66. Saffran, E. M., Berndt, R. S., & Schwartz, M. F. (1989). The quantitative analysis of agrammatic production: Procedure and data. Brain and Language, 37, 440-479.
67. Sarno, M. T. (1993). Aphasia rehabilitation: Psychosocial and ethical considerations. Aphasiology, 7, 321-334.
68. Sherratt, S. (2007). Multi-level discourse analysis: A feasible approach. Aphasiology, 21, 375-393.
69. Simmons-Mackie, N., Kearns, K., & Potechin, G. (2005). Treatment of aphasia through family member training. Aphasiology, 19, 583-593.
70. Springer, L., Huber, W., Schlenck, K. J., & Schlenck, C. (2000). Agrammatism: Deficit or compensation? Consequences for aphasia therapy. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 10, 279-309.
71. Swinburn, K., & Byng, S. (2006). The Communication Disability Profile. London: Connect.
72. Wambaugh, J. L., & Ferguson, M. (2007). Application of semantic feature analysis to retrieval of action names in aphasia. Journal of Rehabilitation Research & Development, 44, 381-394.
73. Webster, J., & Gordon, B. (2008). Contrasting therapy effects for verb and sentence processing difficulties: A discussion of what worked and why. Aphasiology, 23, 1231-1251.
74. Wilkinson, R., Bryan, K., Lock, S., & Sage, K. (2010). Implementing and evaluating aphasia therapy targeted at couples' conversations: A single case study. Aphasiology, 24, 869-886.
75. Wilkinson, R., Lock, S., Bryan, K., & Sage, K. (2011). Interaction-focused intervention for acquired language disorders: Facilitating mutual adaptation in couples where one partner has aphasia. International Journal of Speech and Language Pathology, 13, 74-87.
76. Wilshire, C. E., &McCarthy, R. A. (2002). Evidence for a context-sensitive word retrieval disorder in a case of non-fluent aphasia. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 19, 165-186.