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American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology Vol.16 343-358 November 2007. doi:10.1044/1058-0360(2007/038)
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Self-Administered Cued Naming Therapy: A Single-Participant Investigation of a Computer-Based Therapy Program Replicated in Four Cases

Gail Ramsberger
Basem Marie
University of Colorado at Boulder

Contact author: Gail Ramsberger, Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences, UCB 409, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0409. E-mail: gail.ramsberger{at}colorado.edu.

Purpose: This study examined the benefits of a self-administered, clinician-guided, computer-based, cued naming therapy. Results of intense and nonintense treatment schedules were compared.

Method: A single-participant design with multiple baselines across behaviors and varied treatment intensity for 2 trained lists was replicated over 4 participants. Two lists of words were treated sequentially. The same methods and equal numbers of treatment sessions were used, but the number of sessions per week differed across word lists: nonintense (2/week) or intense (5/week). Probes of performance on both word lists were carried out to examine acquisition, maintenance, and generalization.

Results: There was strong evidence of improved naming (acquisition) of trained words in 3 of the 4 participants regardless of treatment intensity. There was strong evidence of maintenance for 1 participant and moderate evidence for the remaining 3 participants. Evidence of generalization to untrained words was weak.

Conclusions: Results suggest that self-administered, computer-based, cued naming therapy using a common mixed-cue protocol may be beneficial to a wide range of persons with aphasia regardless of treatment schedule. If results are replicated with a larger sample, treatments such as this may be a low-cost supplement or extension to traditional aphasia therapy.

Key Words: aphasia, naming, treatment, treatment intensity, computers






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