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Remediation of asyntactic sentence comprehension using a multimedia microworld.

Beveridge, Martin A; Crerar, Alison

Authors

Martin A Beveridge

Alison Crerar



Abstract

We report the evaluation of a new automated protocol for the treatment of asyntactic comprehension. This is a follow-up study to the “Microworld for Aphasia” work of Crerar, Ellis, and Dean (1996). An efficacy study involving three patients is reported. All three patients achieved statistically significant improvements in written sentence comprehension as a result of eight hours of treatment focusing on active, passive, and object cleft sentence structures. Treatment effects generalized both to untreated Microworld sentences and to the more naturalistic sentences of the Philadelphia Comprehension Battery ( Saffran, Schwartz, Linebarger, Martin, & Bochetto, 1988), with some further evidence of generalization to spoken sentence comprehension. Treatment effects were obtained with minimal input from a clinician.

Citation

Beveridge, M. A., & Crerar, A. (2002). Remediation of asyntactic sentence comprehension using a multimedia microworld. Brain and Language, 82(3), 243-295. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X%2802%2900015-9

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date 2002-09
Deposit Date May 28, 2008
Print ISSN 0093-934X
Electronic ISSN 1090-2155
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 82
Issue 3
Pages 243-295
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X%2802%2900015-9
Keywords Aphasia; Asyntactic comprehension; Treatment; Automated protocol; Computer assisted learning; CAL;
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/1779
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0093-934X(02)00015-9

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