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ERIC Number: EJ1040456
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2014-Jun
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1092-4388
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Test-Retest Stability of Word Retrieval in Aphasic Discourse
Boyle, Mary
Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, v57 n3 p966-978 Jun 2014
Purpose: This study examined the test-retest stability of select word-retrieval measures in the discourses of people with aphasia who completed a 5-stimulus discourse task. Method: Discourse samples across 3 sessions from 12 individuals with aphasia were analyzed for the stability of measures of informativeness, efficiency, main concepts, noun and verb retrieval, word-finding difficulty, and lexical diversity. Values for correlation coefficients and the minimal detectable change score were used to assess stability for research and clinical decision making. Results: Measures stable enough to use in group research studies included the number of words; the number of correct information units (CIUs); the number of accurate-complete, accurate-incomplete, and absent main concepts; the percentage of T-units that had word-finding behaviors of any kind; the percentage of T-units that contained empty words; and a lexical diversity measure. Words per minute, CIUs per minute, and the percentage of T-units that contained time fillers or delays were sufficiently stable to use when making clinical decisions about an individual. Conclusion: Although several of the measures demonstrated acceptable stability for group research studies, relatively few were sufficiently stable for making clinical decisions about individuals on the basis of a single administration.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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