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Treatment and generaliza.on effects of training atypical exemplars of well-defined categories for pa.ents with chronic aphasia Natalie Gilmore, Erin Meier, Jeffrey Johnson, Stefano Cardullo & Swathi Kiran Boston University Aphasia Research Laboratory IARC December 15, 2016

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Treatmentandgeneraliza.oneffectsoftrainingatypicalexemplarsofwell-definedcategoriesfor

pa.entswithchronicaphasia

NatalieGilmore,ErinMeier,JeffreyJohnson,StefanoCardullo&SwathiKiran

BostonUniversityAphasiaResearchLaboratory

IARCDecember15,2016

Outlinefortoday’stalk

Briefbackgroundoflexicalretrievaldifficultyinpersonswithaphasia(PWA),differenttherapyapproachesforanomiaandgeneraliza.oninaphasiabroadly.

1.

PresentpreliminarybehavioraldatafromanongoingstudyinvolvingPWAwhoarereceivingseman.cfeatureanalysis-basedtreatment

2.

Discusspoten.almechanismsforthetreatmentgainsandgeneraliza.oneffectsdemonstratedinPWAasaresultofseman.cfeatureanalysis-basedtreatment

3.

Background

Most“pervasive”symptomofaphasia(Goodglass&Wingfield,1997)

“uh…um...boy…uh...watch...great...um...

Saturday....ride..ridebus...uh...you?”

“IsawTheGirlontheTrainthisweekend.Itwasamazing!Haveyouseenit?”

Occursacrossaphasiatypesandseveri.es

Background

Concept

Lexicalselec/on

Phonologicalretrieval

Phonologicalencoding

sun carrot cakecorn potato

/eI/ /k//o//p/ /t//ɔr//n/ /ə//ae//s/ /∧/ /r/

FieldVegetable Sweet Yellow

“corn”

SEMANTIC

PHONOLOGICAL

Dell,Schwartz,Mar.n,Saffron,&Gagnon,1997;Schwartz,2013

BackgroundManydifferentstudiesexaminingapproachestowordretrievaldifficulty

Seman/capproaches(e.g.,seman/cfeatureanalysis)

Antonucci(2009);Behrman&Lieberthal(1989);Bas/aanse,Hurkmans&Links(2006);Bierdermann&Nickels(2008);Boyle(2004);Boyle&Coehlo(1995);Byng(1988);Byng&Coltheart(1986);Coehlo,McHugh&Boyle(2000);Conley&Coehlo(2003);Cubelli,Fores.,&Consolini(1988);Davis&Stanton(2005);Delong,Nessler,Wright&Wambaugh(2015);Edmonds&Kiran(2006);Falconer&Antonucci(2012);Fisher,Wilshire&Ponsford(2009);Franklin,Buerk,&Howard(2002);Grayson,Hilton&Franklin(1997);Hashimoto&Frome(2011);Hickin,Best,Herbert,Howard&Osborne(2002);Hillis(1991);Hillis(1998);Hough(1993);Howard,Hickin,Redmond,Clark&Best(2006);Kendall,Oelke,Brookshire&Nadeau(2015);Kendall,Rosenbek,Heilman,Conway,Klenberg,Gonzalez-Rothi&Nadeau(2008);Kiran&Roberts(2010);Kiran&Thompson(2001);Kiran&Thompson(2003);Kristensson,Behrns&Saldert(2015);LeDorze,Boulay,Gaudreau&Brassard(1994);Leonard,Rochon&Laird(2008);Links,Hurkmans&Bas/aanse(2010);Lowell,Beeson&Holland(1995);Marshall,Pound,White-Thompson&Pring(1990);Nickels&Best(1996);Peach&Reuter(2010);Pring,Hamilton,Harwood&MacBride(1993);Nefleton&Lesser(1991);Raymer,Thompson,Jacobs&LeGrand(1993);Rider,Wright,Marshall&Page(2008);Robson,Marshall,Pring&Chiat(1998);Waldron,Whitworth,Howard(2011);Wambaugh&Ferguson(2007);Wambaugh,Mauszycki,Cameron,Wright,Nessler(2013);Visch-Brink,Bajema,VanDeSandt-Koenderman(1997)

Background

Phonologicalapproaches(e.g.,phonologicalcomponentsanalysis)

Antonucci(2009);Behrman&Lieberthal(1989);Bas.aanse,Hurkmans&Links(2006);Bierdermann&Nickels(2008);Boyle(2004);Boyle&Coehlo(1995);Byng(1988);Byng&Coltheart(1986);Coehlo,McHugh&Boyle(2000);Conley&Coehlo(2003);Cubelli,Fores/,&Consolini(1988);Davis&Stanton(2005);Delong,Nessler,Wright&Wambaugh(2015);Edmonds&Kiran(2006);Falconer&Antonucci(2012);Fisher,Wilshire&Ponsford(2009);Franklin,Buerk,&Howard(2002);Grayson,Hilton,&Franklin(1997);Hashimoto&Frome(2011);Hickin,Best,Herbert,Howard&Osborne(2002);Hillis(1991);Hillis(1998);Hough(1993);Howard,Hickin,Redmond,Clark&Best(2006);Kendall,Oelke,Brookshire&Nadeau(2015);Kendall,Rosenbek,Heilman,Conway,Klenberg,Gonzalez-Rothi&Nadeau(2008);Kiran&Roberts(2010);Kiran&Thompson(2001);Kiran&Thompson(2003);Kristensson,Behrns&Saldert(2015);LeDorze,Boulay,Gaudreau&Brassard(1994);Leonard,Rochon&Laird(2008);Links,Hurkmans&Bas.aanse(2010);Lowell,Beeson&Holland(1995);Marshall,Pound,White-Thompson&Pring(1990);Nickels&Best(1996);Peach&Reuter(2010);Pring,Hamilton,Harwood&MacBride(1993);Nejleton&Lesser(1991);Raymer,Thompson,Jacobs&LeGrand(1993);Rider,Wright,Marshall&Page(2008);Robson,Marshall,Pring&Chiat(1998);Waldron,Whitworth,Howard(2011);Wambaugh&Ferguson(2007);Wambaugh,Mauszycki,Cameron,Wright,Nessler(2013);Visch-Brink,Bajema,VanDeSandt-Koenderman(1997)

Manydifferentstudiesexaminingapproachestowordretrievaldifficulty

BackgroundManydifferentstudiesexaminingapproachestowordretrievaldifficulty

Reorganiza/onalapproaches(e.g.,traininglefer-soundcorrespondence)

Annoni,Khater,Custodi,DeBeauvais,Michel&Landis(1998);Abel,Shultz,Radermacher,Willmes&Huber(2005);Bachy-Langedock&DeParz(1989);Basso,Marangolo,Piras&Galluzi(2001);Bachy-Langedock&DePartz(1989);Bas/aanse,Bosje&Franseen(1996);Best,Howard,Bruce&Gatehouse(1997);Best&Nickels(2000);Best,Herbert,Hickin,Osborne&Howard(2008);Best,Greenwood,Grassly,Herbert,Hickin,Howard(2013);Boo&Rose(2011);Bruce&Howard(1987);Carlomagno,Pandolfi,Labruna,Colombo&Razzano(2001);Conroy,Sage&LambonRalph(2009);Davis&Pring(1991);DeLoche,Dordain&Kremin(1993);DeLocheetal.,(1997);Doesborgh,VanDeSandt-Koenderman,Dippel,VanHarskamp,Koudstaal&Visch-Brink(2004);Drew&Thompson(1999);Eales&Pring(1998);Fink,Brecher,Schwartz&Robey(2002);Fillingham,Sage&LambonRalph(2006);Greenwald,Raymer,Richardson&Rothi(1995);Greenwood,Grassly,Hickin&Best(2010);Hashimoto(2012);Herbert,Best,Hickin,Howard,Osborne(2003);Hillis(1989);Hillis&Caramazza(1994);Holland(1998);Howard(1994);Howard&Harding(1998);Howard,Pajerson&Franklin(1985);Kiran,Thompson&Hashimoto(2001);Linebaugh,Shisler&Lehner(2005);LeDorze(1991);LeDorze&Pijs(1995);Lorenz&Ziegler(2009);Mar.n,Fink,Laine&Ayala(2004);Milman,Vega-Mendoza&Clendenen(2014);Murray&Karcher(2000);Nejleton&Lesser(1991);Nickels(1992);Pashek(1997);Pashek(1998);Raymer,Ciampin,Holloway,Singletary&Blonder(2007);Raymer&Ellsworth(2002);Raymer,McHose,Smith,Iman,Ambrose&Casselton(2012);Raymer,Singletary,Rodriguez,Ciampin,Heilman&Rothi(2006);Renvall,Laine&Mar.n(2007);Renvall,Laine,Laakso&Mar.n(2003);Rose&Douglas(2008);Rose,Douglas,&Matyas(2002);Rose&Sussmilch(2008);Shisa,D’Andrea,Semenza&Tabossi(2001);Silkes,Dierkes,Kendall(2013);Spencer,Doyle,McNeil,Wambaugh,Park&Carroll(2000);Sugishita,Seki,Kabe&Yunoki(1993);Thompson,Hall&Simpson(1986);Thompson&Kearns(1981);vanHees,Angwin,McMahon&Copland(2013);Wambaugh,Linebaugh,Doyle,Mar.nez&Kalinyak-Fliszar(2001);Wambaugh(2003)

Background

Otherapproaches(e.g.,facilita/on,gesture,errorless)

Annoni,Khater,Custodi,DeBeauvais,Michel&Landis(1998);Abel,Shultz,Radermacher,Willmes&Huber(2005);Bachy-Langedock&DeParz(1989);Basso,Marangolo,Piras&Galluzi(2001);Bachy-Langedock&DePartz(1989);Bas.aanse,Bosje&Franseen(1996);Best,Howard,Bruce&Gatehouse(1997);Best&Nickels(2000);Best,Herbert,Hickin,Osborne&Howard(2008);Best,Greenwood,Grassly,Herbert,Hickin,Howard(2013);Boo&Rose(2011);Bruce&Howard(1987);Carlomagno,Pandolfi,Labruna,Colombo&Razzano(2001);Conroy,Sage&LambonRalph(2009);Davis&Pring(1991);DeLoche,Dordain&Kremin(1993);DeLocheetal.,(1997);Doesborgh,VanDeSandt-Koenderman,Dippel,VanHarskamp,Koudstaal&Visch-Brink(2004);Drew&Thompson(1999);Eales&Pring(1998);Fink,Brecher,Schwartz&Robey(2002);Fillingham,Sage&LambonRalph(2006);Greenwald,Raymer,Richardson&Rothi(1995);Greenwood,Grassly,Hickin&Best(2010);Hashimoto(2012);Herbert,Best,Hickin,Howard,Osborne(2003);Hillis(1989);Hillis&Caramazza(1994);Holland(1998);Howard(1994);Howard&Harding(1998);Howard,Pajerson&Franklin(1985);Kiran,Thompson&Hashimoto(2001);Linebaugh,Shisler&Lehner(2005);LeDorze(1991);LeDorze&Pifs(1995);Lorenz&Ziegler(2009);Mar/n,Fink,Laine&Ayala(2004);Milman,Vega-Mendoza&Clendenen(2014);Murray&Karcher(2000);Nejleton&Lesser(1991);Nickels(1992);Pashek(1997);Pashek(1998);Raymer,Ciampin,Holloway,Singletary&Blonder(2007);Raymer&Ellsworth(2002);Raymer,McHose,Smith,Iman,Ambrose&Casselton(2012);Raymer,Singletary,Rodriguez,Ciampij,Heilman&Rothi(2006);Renvall,Laine&Mar/n(2007);Renvall,Laine,Laakso&Mar/n(2003);Rose&Douglas(2008);Rose,Douglas,&Matyas(2002);Rose&Sussmilch(2008);Shisa,D’Andrea,Semenza&Tabossi(2001);Silkes,Dierkes,Kendall(2013);Spencer,Doyle,McNeil,Wambaugh,Park&Carroll(2000);Sugishita,Seki,Kabe&Yunoki(1993);Thompson,Hall&Simpson(1986);Thompson&Kearns(1981);vanHees,Angwin,McMahon&Copland(2013);Wambaugh,Linebaugh,Doyle,Mar.nez&Kalinyak-Fliszar(2001);Wambaugh(2003)

Manydifferentstudiesexaminingapproachestowordretrievaldifficulty

Background

Annoni,Khater,Custodi,DeBeauvais,Michel&Landis(1998);Abel,Shultz,Radermacher,Willmes&Huber(2005);Bachy-Langedock&DeParz(1989);Basso,Marangolo,Piras&Galluzi(2001);Bachy-Langedock&DePartz(1989);Bas.aanse,Bosje&Franseen(1996);Best,Howard,Bruce&Gatehouse(1997);Best&Nickels(2000);Best,Herbert,Hickin,Osborne&Howard(2008);Best,Greenwood,Grassly,Herbert,Hickin,Howard(2013);Boo&Rose(2011);Bruce&Howard(1987);Carlomagno,Pandolfi,Labruna,Colombo&Razzano(2001);Conroy,Sage&LambonRalph(2009);Davis&Pring(1991);DeLoche,Dordain&Kremin(1993);DeLocheetal.,(1997);Doesborgh,VanDeSandt-Koenderman,Dippel,VanHarskamp,Koudstaal&Visch-Brink(2004);Drew&Thompson(1999);Eales&Pring(1998);Fink,Brecher,Schwartz&Robey(2002);Fillingham,Sage&LambonRalph(2006);Greenwald,Raymer,Richardson&Rothi(1995);Greenwood,Grassly,Hickin&Best(2010);Hashimoto(2012);Herbert,Best,Hickin,Howard,Osborne(2003);Hillis(1989);Hillis&Caramazza(1994);Holland(1998);Howard(1994);Howard&Harding(1998);Howard,Paferson&Franklin(1985);Kiran,Thompson&Hashimoto(2001);Linebaugh,Shisler&Lehner(2005);LeDorze(1991);LeDorze&Pijs(1995);Lorenz&Ziegler(2009);Mar.n,Fink,Laine&Ayala(2004);Milman,Vega-Mendoza&Clendenen(2014);Murray&Karcher(2000);Nejleton&Lesser(1991);Nickels(1992);Pashek(1997);Pashek(1998);Raymer,Ciampij,Holloway,Singletary&Blonder(2007);Raymer&Ellsworth(2002);Raymer,McHose,Smith,Iman,Ambrose&Casselton(2012);Raymer,Singletary,Rodriguez,Ciampin,Heilman&Rothi(2006);Renvall,Laine&Mar.n(2007);Renvall,Laine,Laakso&Mar.n(2003);Rose&Douglas(2008);Rose,Douglas,&Matyas(2002);Rose&Sussmilch(2008);Shisa,D’Andrea,Semenza&Tabossi(2001);Silkes,Dierkes,Kendall(2013);Spencer,Doyle,McNeil,Wambaugh,Park&Carroll(2000);Sugishita,Seki,Kabe&Yunoki(1993);Thompson,Hall&Simpson(1986);Thompson&Kearns(1981);vanHees,Angwin,McMahon&Copland(2013);Wambaugh,Linebaugh,Doyle,Mar/nez&Kalinyak-Fliszar(2001);Wambaugh(2003)

Comparingapproaches(e.g.,phonologicvsseman/c)

Manydifferentstudiesexaminingapproachestowordretrievaldifficulty

Background

ComplexityAccountofTreatmentEfficacy(CATE)•  Syntax(Thompson,Shapiro&Roberts,1993;Thompson,Shapiro,

Ballard,Jacobs,Schneider&Tait,1997;Thompson,Ballard&Shapiro,1998;Thompson,Shapiro,Kiran&Sobecks,2003)

•  Englishasasecondlanguage(ESL)(Eckman,Bell&Nelson,1988)

•  Phonologicaldisordersinchildren(Gierut,1990,1992,2001;Gierut&Champion,2001;Gierut,Elbert&Dinnsen,1987)

•  Seman/cs(Kiran&Thompson,2003;Kiran,2008.Kiran&Johnson,2008,Kiran,Sandberg&Sebas.an,2011)

COMPLEXTARGETS

SIMPLETARGETS

GENERALIZATION

(Thompsonet.al,2003)

Seman/cFeatureAnalysis(SFA)(Boyle&Coehlo,1995;Coehlo,McHugh&Boyle,2000;Boyle,2004,Boyle,2010)

–  “Spreadingac.va.on”–  Mappingbetweenseman.cs

andphonology(Howard,2000)–  Generaliza.ontountrained

items

Background

Vegetables

MORETYPICAL

LESSTYPICAL

FEATURES

GrowsCrispEatenfreshNutri.ousFoundinagrocerystoreUsedasagarnishStrongflavorGrowningreenhouse

ATYPICALITEMSTYPICALITEMS

ATYPICALITEMS TYPICALITEMS

TYPICALITEMS ATYPICALITEMS

COMPLEXTARGETS(ATYPICAL)

SIMPLETARGETS(TYPICAL)

GENERALIZATION

Thompsonet.al,2003

Rosch,1975;Kiran&Thompson,2003;Kiran,Ntourou,Eubank&Shamapant,2005;Kiran&Allison,2005

Background

Animate/Organic(Kiran&Thompson,2003)

(Stanczak,Waters&Caplan,2006)

Well-Defined(Kiran&Johnson,2008)

Inanimate/Inorganic(Kiran,2008)

Ad-Hoc(Kiran,Sandberg&Sebas.an,2011)

CategoryType Categories AphasiaType Findings

Fluent&Anomic

Anomic

Fluent&Nonfluent

Anomic&Fluent

Atypical->Typicalfor4PWATypical≠Atypicalfor3PWATypical->Atypicalfor1PWA

Atypical->Typicalfor5PWATypical≠Atypicalfor2PWATypical->Atypicalfor1PWA

Atypical->Typicalfor2PWATypical≠Atypicalfor1PWA

Atypical->Typicalfor2PWATypical≠Atypicalfor4PWA

Generaliza/onpafernsbasedonthetypicalityeffecthavebeendemonstratedacrosscategoryandaphasiatypesbut,samplesizeswererela/velysmallandnotallpa/entsshowedtheeffect.

Generaliza/onpafernsfromseman/cfeatureanalysisbasedtreatments

(e.g.,Boyle&Coehlo1995;Coehlo,McHugh&Boyle2000)

(e.g.,Coehlo,McHugh&Boyle2000;Hashimoto&Frome2011)

Background

Juryisout!

(e.g.,Rider,Wright,Marshall&Page2008;Wambaugh,Mauszycki&Wright2014)

(e.g.,Antonucci2009;Boyle&Coehlo1995)

Untraineditems:

Untrainedtasks:

ResearchQues.ons

1

DoPWAnamemoreitemsintheirtrainedcategoriesaccuratelyaterSFA-basedtreatment?

2

DoPWAdemonstratethetypicalityeffectaterSFA-basedtreatment?

3

DoPWAshowbeferseman/candphonologicalprocessingskillsaterSFA-basedtreatment?

4

DoPWAdemonstrategainsingloballanguageskillsaterSFA-basedtreatment?

HA:Yes–Priorworkhasdemonstratedtheefficacyofthisapproach(Kiran&Thompson,2003;Kiran,2008).However,thisstudyhasalargersamplesize,amixofaphasiatypes&includesbothorganicandinorganiccategories.

HA:Yes–IfPWAdemonstrategainsinlexicalretrieval,seman.c&phonologicalprocessingskillsthen,theyshouldalsoshowgainsinotherlanguagetasksandmodali.es(Kiran&Thompson,2003;Kiran,2008).

HA:Yes–Trainingatypicalitemsshouldimproveuntrainedtypicalitems.(Rosch,1975,Thompsonetal.,2003).

HA:Yes–PWAshouldshowimprovementsonthesetasksbasedonthe2-stepinterac.vemodel(Delletal,1997;Schwartz,2013).

GENERALIZATION

GENERALIZATION

GENERALIZATION

TREATMENTEFFECTS

ID Age YPO AphasiaType WAB-AQ BNT CLQT PAPTBU01 55.91 1.05 Anomic 87.20 82% 85% 96%BU02 50.54 2.63 Global 25.20 2% 50% 94%BU03 63.86 5.34 Conduc.on 52.00 17% 55% 88%BU04 79.23 1.09 Conduc.on 74.10 87% 80% 94%BU05 67.88 0.79 Wernicke’s 30.80 7% 50% 92%BU06 50.02 9.46 Broca’s 66.60 73% 80% 92%BU07 55.31 11.55 Broca’s 48.00 10% 60% 88%BU08 49.90 4.81 Anomic 82.80 85% 90% 92%BU09 72.01 3.30 Anomic 95.20 75% 95% 96%BU10 53.07 0.95 Anomic 80.40 62% 80% 94%BU11 78.70 1.95 Anomic 92.10 68% 75% 94%BU12 68.91 8.69 Broca’s 40.00 2% 60% 88%BU13 42.65 1.56 Anomic 92.70 72% 95% 94%BU14 64.51 1.95 Broca’s 64.40 68% 80% 94%BU15 71.31 6.19 Anomic 87.20 72% 60% 85%BU16 50.25 5.89 Broca’s 33.60 2% 70% 79%BU17 61.38 12.89 Anomic 74.30 90% 90% 98%BU18 70.46 13.39 Anomic 78.00 40% 85% 96%BU19 80.27 1.82 Broca’s 28.90 2% 70% 83%

M 62.43 5.02 n/a 64.92 48% 74% 92%SD 11.43 4.25 n/a 24.06 35% 15% 5%

Range 42.65-80.27 .79-13.39 n/a 25.2-95.2 2%-90% 50%-95% 79%-98%

Methods

Rangeof/mepostonset

19PWAreceivedtreatment

andseveri/es.Rangeof/mepostonset,aphasiatypes,

Methods

Treatment Post-TreatmentPre-Treatment

• Baferyofstandardizedtests • Setof9site-specificbehavioraltasks

• 180-itemnamingscreener(3x)

• SFA-basedtreatment

• Computer-administeredwithclinicianassistance

• Trainedon2categories

• 2hoursessionsfor12weeksorun/laccuracy>90%on2consecu/veprobes

• Weeklynamingprobes

• 2trainedcategories• 1monitoredcategory• 1assessedcategory

• 2trainedcategories

• 1monitoredcategory

• 1assessedcategory

• Baferyofstandardizedtests • Setof9site-specificbehavioraltasks

• 180-itemnamingscreener(3x)

• 2trainedcategories

• 1monitoredcategory

5Categories

3Organic 2Inorganic

36items

18typical 18atypical

Methods

Alltreatmentcategoriesareconstructedinthismanner.

18typical

Methods

18atypical

TREATMENTWEEKLYPROBE

36items

18typical(UNTRAINED)

18atypical(TRAINED)

36items

18typical(UNTRAINED)

18atypical(UNTRAINED)

36items

18typical(TRAINED)

18atypical(UNTRAINED)

ID TrainedCategory1 TrainedCategory2 UntrainedCategory(Monitored)

BU03 TypicalBirds AtypicalFurniture Vegetables

Methods

Treatmentcategorieswerequasi-randomlyassignedandcounterbalancedacrosspar/cipants.

ID TrainedCategory1 TrainedCategory2UntrainedCategory

(Monitored)

UntrainedCategory(Assessed)

BU01 TypicalBirds AtypicalVegetables Clothing FurnitureBU02 TypicalBirds TypicalClothing Furniture VegetablesBU03 TypicalBirds AtypicalFurniture Vegetables ClothingBU04 TypicalBirds TypicalFurniture Vegetables ClothingBU05 TypicalVegetables TypicalClothing Furniture BirdsBU06 TypicalClothing TypicalFurniture Vegetables BirdsBU07 TypicalVegetables AtypicalFurniture Birds ClothingBU08 AtypicalBirds TypicalFurniture Clothing VegetablesBU09 AtypicalBirds TypicalFurniture Vegetables ClothingBU10 TypicalBirds AtypicalFurniture Clothing Vegetables

Methods

WrifenFeatureVerifica/on

Haswings?

1stNamingafempt

Whatisitcalled?

AuditoryFeatureVerifica/on

Isedible?

2ndNamingafempt

Whatisitcalled?

CategorySor/ng

Whatcategorydoesitbelongto?Animal Furniture

Vegetable

FeatureReview•  Isedible•  Grows•  Issweet•  Growsin

afield•  Isyellow

Seman/cFeatureAnalysis-BasedTreatment

Kiran&Thompson,2003;Kiran&Johnson,2008;Kiran,2008;Kiranetal.,2011

Methods

Recordaccuracyandresponse/metomeasureprocessingatthelevelofseman/cs,phonologicaloutputlexicon(POL)andphonologicaloutputbuffer(Meier,Lo&Kiran,2015)

PHONOLOGICALTASKSSyllableJudgment

TwosyllablesYesNo

RhymeJudgment

‘Murky’YesNo

PhonemeVerificaAon

Phoneme/g/YesNo

SEMANTICTASKSCategorySuperordinate

FruitYesNo

CategoryCoordinate

YesNo

Seman5cFeature

CanFlyYesNo

Methods

Beforeandatertreatment

• Baferyofstandardizedtests

• Setof9site-specificbehavioraltasks

• 180-itemnamingscreener(3x)

• 1assessedcategory

• 2trainedcategories

1.  RevisedWesternAphasiaBafery(WAB-R)2.  Cogni/veLinguis/cQuickTest(CLQT)3.  BostonNamingTest(BNT)4.  Pyramids&PalmTrees(PAPT)5.  PALPA1NonwordMinimalPairDiscrimina/on6.  PALPA51WordSeman/cAssocia/on7.  NorthwesternNamingBaferyConfronta/onNaming(NNB-CN)8.  NorthwesternNamingBaferyAuditoryComprehension(NNB-AC)9.  CinderellaStory10.  PALPA35SpeechSoundRegularityandReading11.  PALPA40ImageabilityandFrequencyinSpelling12.  NorthwesternAssessmentofVerbsandSentencesSentence

Produc/onPrimingTest(NAVS-SPPT)13.  NorthwesternAssessmentofVerbsandSentencesSentence

ComprehensionTest(NAVS-SCT)14.  GeometricControlTask-Matching15.  GeometricControlTask-FormInclusion16.  CorsiBlockTappingTest17.  SerialResponseTimeTask(SRTT)18.  WechslerDigitSpanSubtest19.  TheDoorsandPeopleTest

Results–RQ1:ArePWAbejeratnamingtheirtraineditemsayertreatment?

Time*TrainingInterac.onF(4,1223)=25.28,p<.001

Q1:SFA-basedtxworks!

Traineditemsimprovedatasignificantlyfasterratethanmonitoreditemsover.me.

Accuracyover/me

AtypicalTrainedItems

TypicalTrainedItems

AllMonitoredItems

Q2:Typicalityeffectholdsandresultsingeneraliza.onto

untrainedrelateditems!

Untrainedtypicalitemsimprovedata

significantlyfasterrateover.methanuntrained

atypicalitems.

Accuracyover/me

UntrainedTypicalItems

UntrainedAtypicalItems

Time*typicalityinterac.onF(1,580)=7.49,p=.006

Results–RQ2:ArePWAbejeratnaminguntrainedtypicalitemsthanuntrainedatypicalitems?

Results-RQ3:DoPWAshowimprovedseman.candphonologicalprocessingskills?(ACCURACY)

Q3:Furtherevidenceofgeneraliza.on.PWAs’accuracyimprovedsignificantlyonsyllablejudgmenttasksayertreatment

0.00%

20.00%

40.00%

60.00%

80.00%

100.00%

SCV SFV CCJ SJNN SJNP PVNN PVNP RJNN RJNP

AverageAccuracybyTask(%)(n=17)

Pre

Post

*

*

WilcoxonSignedRankTest->SJNN:V=20.5,p=.0477SJNP:V=24,p=.043

SCV=SuperordinateCategoryVerifica.onCCJ=CategoryCoordinateJudgmentSFV=Seman.cFeatureVerifica.on

SJ=SyllableJudgmentPV=PhonemeVerifica.onRJ=RhymeJudgment

NN=NoNameNP=NameProvided

KEY:

0

2000

4000

6000

8000

SCV SFV CCJ SJNN SJNP PVNN PVNP RJNN RJNP

AverageResponseTimebyTask(ms)(n=17)

Pre

Post

*

Q3:PWAweresignificantlyfasteronaseman.cfeaturetaskayertreatment

Results-RQ3:DoPWAshowimprovedseman.candphonologicalprocessingskills?(REACTIONTIME)

WilcoxonSignedRankTest->SFV:V=110,p=.029

SCV=SuperordinateCategoryVerifica.onCCJ=CategoryCoordinateJudgmentSFV=Seman.cFeatureVerifica.on

SJ=SyllableJudgmentPV=PhonemeVerifica.onRJ=RhymeJudgment

NN=NoNameNP=NameProvided

KEY:

Q4:Moreevidenceofgeneraliza.on.PWAimprovedsignificantlyontheWABandBNTayerseman.cfeature-basedanalysistreatment.

WilcoxonSignedRankTest->WAB-LQ:V=27,p=.007WAB-CQ:V=28,p=.007WAB-AQ:V=24,p=.005BNT:V=32.5,p=.013

Results-RQ4:DoPWAdemonstrategainsingloballanguageskillsayerSFA-basedtreatment?

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SummaryofResults

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DoPWAnamemoreitemsintheirtrainedcategoriesaccuratelyaterSFA-basedtreatment?

2DoPWAdemonstratethetypicalityeffectaterSFA-basedtreatment?

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DoPWAshowbeferseman/candphonologicalskillsaterSFA-basedtreatment?

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DoPWAdemonstrategainsingloballanguageskillsaterSFA-basedtreatment?

GENERALIZATION

GENERALIZATION

GENERALIZATION

PWAsignificantlyimprovedintheiraccuracyonbothsyllablejudgmenttasks PWAweresignificantlyfasteronaseman/cfeatureverifica/ontask.

Untrainedtypicalitemsimprovedatasignificantlygreaterratethanuntrainedatypicalitemsover/me.

Traineditemsimprovedatasignificantlygreaterratethanmonitoreditemsover/me.

TREATMENTEFFECTS

PWAsignificantlyimprovedintheiraccuracyontheWABandBNTatertherapy.

DiscussionAccuracyover/me

AtypicalTrainedItems

TypicalTrainedItems

AllMonitoredItems

Accuracyover/me

UntrainedTypicalItems

UntrainedAtypicalItems

Traineditems>MonitoredItems UntrainedTypical>UntrainedAtypical

Mechanismsforgeneraliza.on=efficienttherapy

COMPLEXTARGETS

SIMPLETARGETS

(Thompsonet.al,2003)

•  SupportsthetypicalityeffectandCATEhypothesis•  Mechanismforgeneraliza.on•  Efficienttherapytomaximizegains

WHY?

DiscussionWhy?•  Bejerlexicalaccess•  Lessprocessingstepsthanother

phonologicaltasks•  Strongerconnec.onsbetween

seman.csandphonology(Howard,2006)

Notsurprising…•  Primaryfocusoftreatment•  Rehearsedthisskillduringweekly

sessions

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Discussion

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WABLQ WABCQ WABAQ BNT

AccuracyonWAB&BNT

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Significantlymoreaccurateonstandardizedtestspost-treatment

Whydidweseethistransfer?

Whynotothermeasures?

•  GainsmadeonPALPAs&NNB–notsignificant

•  Ceilingeffects–highonPAPTatbaseline

ATYPICALITEMS

TYPICALITEMS

TYPICALITEMS ATYPICALITEMS

•  Capitalizedonfactorsoftypicalityandcomplexity

•  Bidirec.onalmovementbetweenseman.cs&phonology

•  Auditory&readingcomprehensioncomponents

•  PersonswithchronicaphasiacanimprovetheirnamingskillsfromSFA-basedtreatment

•  Trainingatypicalexemplars->typicalexemplarswithoutdirecttraining!

•  Somegeneraliza.ontophonologicalprocessingandstandardizedtests

•  Efficienttreatmentapproach•  Futureresearch:assessforpajernsbasedonaphasiatype,severity&lociofunderlyingdeficit

Conclusions

Acknowledgments: ThisworkwasmadepossiblebytheNa.onalIns.tutesofHealth/Na.onalIns.tuteonDeafnessandOtherCommunica.onDisordersthroughgrantNIH/NIDCD1P50DC012283.Itispartofalargermul.-siteprojectconductedthroughtheCenterfortheNeurobiologyofLanguageRecovery(hjp://cnlr.northwestern.edu/,PI:CynthiaThompson). Iwanttoextendmygra.tudetoalloftheindividualswithaphasiawhopar.cipateinourstudiesandallofthehard-workingmembersoftheBUAphasiaResearchLaboratorywhomakethisworkpossibleespeciallymymentor,Dr.SwathiKiranandmycollaboratorsonthisproject,ErinMeier,StefanoCardullo,JeffreyJohnsonandourlabmanager,CarrieDesRoches.

THANKYOUforyourafen/on!