Symposium 2 : Paradigm Shift in speech therapy for aphasic patients
Approach to Naming Disturbances
2019 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 288-293
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2019 Volume 39 Issue 3 Pages 288-293
Naming disturbance and word finding difficulty are core symptoms for aphasics, but their mechanisms are not on the same level.
Lambom Ralph et al. (2002) explained the naming disturbance for damage of two representations, phonology and semantics. The multiple regression analysis was used to calculate criterion variable for naming performance, explanatory valuable for semantic association task and nonword reading. As a result, explanation rate (R2) was 0.55. The result would suggest the importance of the close examination for the extent of phonogical/semantic disturbances to understand which would be the core disturbance, and to plan the therapy program. Actually, phonology and semantic would be often presented at the same time in the therapy (pictures, letters, speech sounds) , it might be difficult to distinguish between phonology and semantics. However, it would be important to specify the target of therapy.
2 cases were presented, one was focused on phonology, other was on focused on semantics.
