A Comparison of Intention and Pantomime Gesture Treatment for Noun Retrieval in People with Aphasia

Autor/inn/en	Ferguson, Neina F.; Evans, Kelli; Raymer, Anastasia M.
Titel	A Comparison of Intention and Pantomime Gesture Treatment for Noun Retrieval in People with Aphasia
Quelle	In: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 21 (2012) 2, (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1058-0360
DOI	10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0076)
Schlagwörter	Pantomime; Nouns; Aphasia; Intention; Language Processing; Nonverbal Communication; Comparative Analysis; Neurological Impairments; Language Impairments; Brain; Visual Stimuli; Outcomes of Treatment; Speech Communication + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Sprachverarbeitung; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Gehirn
Abstract	Purpose: The effects of intention gesture treatment (IGT) and pantomime gesture treatment (PGT) on word retrieval were compared in people with aphasia. Method: Four individuals with aphasia and word retrieval impairments subsequent to left-hemisphere stroke participated in a single-participant crossover treatment design. Each participant viewed target nouns on a computer screen in 2 counterbalanced training phases. Training included paired verbal + gesture treatment strategies to elicit verbal and/or gestural productions of target nouns. Treatment effects were measured using daily picture-naming probes for verbal naming and gesture productions for trained and untrained words as well as pre-/posttreatment standardized aphasia tests. Outcomes and Results: IGT resulted in immediate effects on the verbal productions of 2 participants but lacked carryover to untrained words. PGT resulted in improved verbal production for 2 participants and immediate effects on the gesture productions of 3 participants, with carryover of gesture production to untrained words in 1 participant. Improvements on standardized aphasia tests were evident in 2 participants. Conclusion: IGT and PGT had positive treatment effects, but for contrasting communication modalities. Two individuals with mild-moderate aphasia improved verbal production with both IGT and PGT, and 2 individuals with severe aphasia improved gesture use with PGT. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.) (As Provided).
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