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C A Tompkins

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PubMed1981

Identifying behavior associated with verbal self-corrections of aphasic clients.

The purposes of this study were to define certain behaviors associated with verbal self-correction efforts of aphasic clients and to determine the accuracy with which these behaviors might be identified by clinical observers. Seven explicit definitions were written for behaviors associated wih aphasic clients' self-correction attempts on single-word and short-answer language production tasks. To determine the accuracy with which defined behaviors could be identified, observers (N = 7) were asked to view 400 randomly selected speech samples and to code the type of self-correction event for each sample. The accuracy of these judgments was ascertained by calculating the percentages of observers' agreements with judgments made previously by the experimenters. Results showed observers were able to identify explicitly defined behaviors at levels of accuracy ranging from 73%--99%. When observers' judgments did not agree with those of the experimenters, inaccuracies tended to be logical and to cluster in particular categories. Findings suggest a need for further study of behaviors associated with aphasic individuals' self-correction efforts, particularly with reference to the significance of these behaviors to recovery from aphasic, and to aphasic symptomatology in general.

Aphasia↗
PubMed1980

Effects of scheduling on the communicative assessment of aphasic patients.

This study determined the influence of morning and afternoon scheduling on the assessment of communicative skills of aphasic patients. Eight short-term (3 to 9 months post-onset) and eight long-term (12 or more months post-onset) aphasic subjects were administered 11 tests from the Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA) at specified times in the morning (A.M.) and afternoon (P.M.). Order of scheduling (A.M. first, P.M. second; P.M. first, A.M. second) was determined randomly but balanced between groups. Results indicated an absence of significant main effects for onset, scheduling, and test order; however, significant interactions between the scheduling and test-order factors were evidenced on the naming and auditory identification tests and on all overall measures. Analyses of these interactions revealed that patients scheduled first in the A.M. decreased their mean scores when assessed a second time in the P.M., whereas those scheduled first in the P.M., increased their scores when seen a second time in the A.M. Findings suggest that aphasic patients can be expected to do better on morning than afternoon assessments regardless of the order in which they are scheduled. Clinically, this indicates a need for consistency in the scheduling of periodic assessments for individual aphasic patients.

Adult↗
PubMed1980

Aphasic patients in a rehabilitation program: scheduling speech and language services.

Eleven 10-item tests from the Porch Index of Communicative Ability (PICA), were administered to 14 aphasic adults participating in a rehabilitation program. Tests were given once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Results indicate that overall communicative functioning was significantly higher for morning assessments, although some individual patients did better in the afternoon. The primary implication of these results is the importance of consistency in scheduling patient contacts when measuring the effects of treatments rendered. Considerations in determining optimum schedules and aiding individual patients in compensating for reduced efficiency due to time of day are discussed.

Adult↗