Analysis of Topic as Illustrated in a Head-Injured and a Normal Adult

This study developed a multidimensional topic analysis sensitive to patterns in topic management appropriate for use with head-injured adults. Language samples of a closed-head-injured adult and a matched normal adult were compared. Results demonstrated the analysis' potential to reliably ident...

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Published inJournal of speech and hearing research Vol. 34; no. 3; p. 583
Main Authors Mentis, Michelle, Prutting, Carol A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.1991
Subjects
Adult
Adults
Craniocerebral Trauma - complications
Discourse Analysis
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Expressive Language
Head Injuries
Humans
Language Disorders - diagnosis
Language Disorders - etiology
Language Disorders - physiopathology
Language Tests
Language Tests - methods
Language Tests - standards
Male
Neurological Impairments
Reproducibility of Results
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Summary:This study developed a multidimensional topic analysis sensitive to patterns in topic management appropriate for use with head-injured adults. Language samples of a closed-head-injured adult and a matched normal adult were compared. Results demonstrated the analysis' potential to reliably identify, quantify, and describe differences between subjects in discourse topic management. (Author/DB)
ISSN:0022-4685
DOI:10.1044/jshr.3403.583