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Combining treatment for written and spoken naming

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2006

PÉLAGIE M. BEESON  and
HEATHER EGNOR
PÉLAGIE M. BEESON
Affiliation:
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
HEATHER EGNOR
Affiliation:
Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Abstract

Individuals with left-hemisphere damage often have concomitant impairment of spoken and written language. Whereas some treatment studies have shown that reading paired with spoken naming can benefit both language modalities, little systematic research has been directed toward the treatment of spelling combined with spoken naming. The purpose of this study was to examine the therapeutic effect of pairing a lexical spelling treatment referred to as Copy and Recall Treatment (CART) with verbal repetition of target words. This approach (CART + Repetition) was compared with treatment using verbal repetition without the inclusion of orthographic training (Repetition Only). Two individuals with moderate aphasia and severe impairment of spelling participated in the study using a multiple baseline design across stimulus sets and treatment conditions. Both participants improved spelling of targeted words as well as spoken naming of those items, but improvement in spoken naming was marked for one individual in the CART + Repetition condition, while the other participant made smaller gains in spoken than written naming irrespective of treatment condition. Consideration of the participant profiles suggested that CART + Repetition provides greater benefit when there is some residual phonological ability and the treatment serves to stimulate links between orthography and phonology. (JINS, 2006, 12, 816–827.)

Keywords

AphasiaAgraphiaAnomiaLanguageStrokeRehabilitation
Type
SYMPOSIUM
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Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 12 , Issue 6 , November 2006 , pp. 816 - 827
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© 2006 The International Neuropsychological Society

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