Are single-word picture naming assessments a valid measure of word retrieval in connected speech?

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Catherine Mason ◽  
Lyndsey Nickels
Keyword(s):  
Picture Naming ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Valid Measure ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Connected Speech

Word-Retrieval Difficulty and Disfluent Speech in Adult Anomic Speakers

1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 358-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine S. Brown ◽  
Walter L. Cullinan
Keyword(s):  
Word Naming ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Subject Group ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Retrieval Latency ◽  
Group B

The relationships existing between measures of disfluency and measures of word-retrieval ability in adult anomic aphasic and adult non-brain-damaged subjects were investigated. Subjects produced single-word naming responses for pictured stimuli consisting of objects, colors, and actions. The obtained number of correct naming responses and word-retrieval latency measurements were related to the number and types of disfluencies present in the subjects' connected speech samples. The major findings of the investigation include the following: (a) the anomic subject group presented significantly more disfluencies than did the nonaphasic group; (b) the number of disfluencies increased as word-retrieval difficulty increased for the anomic subjects; (c) when word-retrieval difficulty was measured by the number of correct responses those anomic subjects who tended to be most disfluent and to have the greatest word-retrieval difficulty also tended to have the highest proportions of those disfluencies most likely to be considered "stutterings" (part-word repetitions, vocal segregate repetitions, and prolongations) and the lowest proportions of hesitations; and (d) the proportion of stutterings increased as the total number of disfluencies increased for anomic and tot nonaphasic subjects. Implications of results for testing of aphasic patients are discussed.

scholarly journals Facilitating Word Retrieval in Aphasia: Which Type of Cues for Which Aphasic Speakers?

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grégoire Python ◽  
Pauline Pellet Cheneval ◽  
Caroline Bonnans ◽  
Marina Laganaro
Keyword(s):  
Brain Damage ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Group Level ◽  
Semantic Cues ◽  
Subject Design ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Speed Up ◽  
Phonological Errors ◽  
Omission Errors

Background: Even if both phonological and semantic cues can facilitate word retrieval in aphasia, it remains unclear if their respective effectiveness varies according to the underlying anomic profile.Aim: The aim of the present facilitation study is to compare the effect of phonological and semantic cues on picture naming accuracy and speed in different types of anomia.Methods: In the present within-subject design study, 15 aphasic persons following brain damage underwent picture naming paradigms with semantic cues (categorically- or associatively related) and phonological cues (initial phoneme presented auditorily, visually or both).Results: At the group level, semantic cueing was as effective as phonological cueing to significantly speed up picture naming. However, while phonological cues were effective regardless of the anomic profile, semantic cueing effects varied depending on the type of anomia. Participants with mixed anomia showed facilitation after both semantic categorical and associative cues, but individuals with lexical-phonological anomia only after categorical cues. Crucially, semantic cues were ineffective for participants with lexical-semantic anomia. These disparities were confirmed by categorical semantic facilitation decreasing when semantic/omission errors prevailed in the anomic profile, but increasing alongside phonological errors.Conclusion: The effectiveness of phonological vs semantic cues seems related to the underlying anomic profile: phonological cues benefit any type of anomia, but semantic cues only lexical-phonological or mixed anomia.

scholarly journals Links Between Short-Term Memory and Word Retrieval in Aphasia

2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1S) ◽  
pp. 379-391 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Minkina ◽  
Nadine Martin ◽  
Kristie A. Spencer ◽  
Diane L. Kendall
Keyword(s):  
Word Pair ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Memory ◽  
Retrieval Errors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Repetition Task

Purpose This study explored the relationship between anomia and verbal short-term memory (STM) in the context of an interactive activation language processing model. Method Twenty-four individuals with aphasia and reduced STM spans (i.e., impaired immediate serial recall of words) completed a picture-naming task and a word pair repetition task (a measure of verbal STM). Correlations between verbal STM and word retrieval errors made on the picture-naming task were examined. Results A significant positive correlation between naming accuracy and verbal span length was found. More intricate verbal STM analyses examined the relationship between picture-naming error types (i.e., semantic vs. phonological) and 2 measures of verbal STM: (a) location of errors on the word pair repetition task and (b) imageability and frequency effects on the word pair repetition task. Results indicated that, as phonological word retrieval errors (relative to semantic) increase, bias toward correct repetition of high-imageability words increases. Conclusions Results suggest that word retrieval and verbal STM tasks likely rely on a partially shared temporary linguistic activation process.

Relationships between Measures of Phonological Performance in Preterm Children

1995 ◽  
Vol 81 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-42
Author(s):  
Gary Holdgrafer
Keyword(s):  
Motor Control ◽  
Speech Motor Control ◽  
Clinical Implications ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Preterm Children ◽  
Speech Motor

Percent Consonants Correct (PCC) was computed for spontaneous connected speech samples and responses on a single-word articulation test from 29 preterm children in preschool. Maturity of speech motor control was also assessed. Moderate intercorrelations of all measures are mentioned with regard to clinical implications.

Precise localisation of single-word retrieval in the left cerebral hemisphere

The Lancet ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 349 (9045) ◽  
pp. 104
Author(s):  
T Hoell ◽  
F Oltmanns ◽  
A Schilling ◽  
M Brock
Keyword(s):  
Cerebral Hemisphere ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Single Word ◽  
Left Cerebral Hemisphere

Effects of structural similarity and name frequency on picture naming in Alzheimer's disease

1999 ◽  
Vol 5 (7) ◽  
pp. 659-667 ◽  
Author(s):  
SHARON L. THOMPSON-SCHILL ◽  
JOHN D. E. GABRIELI ◽  
DEBRA A. FLEISCHMAN
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Picture Naming ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Naming Latency ◽  
Structural Similarity ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Perceptual Processing ◽  
Retrieval Processes ◽  
Confrontation Naming

Impairments to either perceptual or word-retrieval processes have been hypothesized to explain confrontation naming impairments in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). This study measured the effects of structural similarity, which affects perceptual processing, and name frequency, which affects word retrieval, on naming latency and accuracy in 16 AD patients and 16 age-matched controls. AD patients named pictures more slowly and made more errors than control participants. Their naming accuracy was disproportionately affected by name frequency, but not by structural similarity. The findings indicate that the processing of structural properties of objects is unaffected in early-stage AD, and suggest that word-retrieval impairments underlie the naming deficit in AD. (JINS, 1999, 5, 659–667.)

An Exploration of the Impact of Group Treatment for Aphasia on Connected Speech

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Mason ◽  
Lyndsey Nickels ◽  
Belinda McDonald
Keyword(s):  
Communication Skills ◽  
Group Treatment ◽  
Language Production ◽  
Outcome Measurement ◽  
Word Retrieval ◽  
Connected Speech ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Everyday Communication ◽  
Therapy Programme

AbstractObjective:Group treatment enables people with aphasia to practise communication skills outside the typical clinician–patient dyad. While there is evidence that this treatment format can improve participation in everyday communication, there is little evidence it impacts linguistic abilities. This project aimed to investigate the effects of ‘typical’ group treatment on the communication skills of people with aphasia with a focus on word retrieval in discourse.Methods:Three people with aphasia took part in a 6-week group therapy programme. Each week focused on a different topic, and three topics also received a home programme targeting word retrieval. The six treated topics were compared with two control topics, with regard to language production in connected speech. Semistructured interviews were collected twice prior to treatment and twice following the treatment and analysed using (a) word counts; (b) the profile of word errors and retrieval in speech; (c) a measure of propositional idea density, and (d) perceptual discourse ratings.Results:Two participants showed no significant improvements; one participant showed significant improvement on discourse ratings.Conclusions:This study provides limited support for group treatment, leading to improved communication as measured by semistructured interviews, even when supplemented with a home programme. We suggest that either group treatment, as implemented here, was not an effective approach for improving communication for our participants and/or that outcome measurement was limited by difficulty assessing changes in connected speech.

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