The Influence of Phonomotor Treatment on Word Retrieval Abilities in 26 Individuals with Chronic Aphasia: An Open Trial

• Published in: Journal of speech, language, and hearing research Vol. 58; no. 3; pp. 798 - 812
• Main Authors: Kendall, Diane L, Oelke, Megan, Brookshire, Carmel Elizabeth, Nadeau, Stephen E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) 01.06.2015; American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aphasia; Aphasia - etiology; Aphasia - therapy; Care and treatment; Chronic Disease; Chronic Illness; Female; Generalization; Humans; Language Therapy - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Models, Psychological; Naming; Neural networks; Nouns; Phonemes; Phonetics; Phonology; Retention; Semantics; Stroke - complications; Stroke - therapy; Systematic review; Therapy; Time-to-Treatment; Treatment Outcome

Purpose: The ultimate goal of aphasia therapy should be to achieve gains in function that generalize to untrained exemplars and daily conversation. Anomia is one of the most disabling features of aphasia. The predominantly lexical/semantic approaches used to treat anomia have low potential for gener...