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Is There a Significant Positive Correlation Between Paraphasias at the Level of Confrontation Naming to Paraphasias at the Level of Discourse and CIUs in Discourse?

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2019, Master of Arts, Ohio State University, Speech Language Pathology.
Determining where the language breakdowns occur for persons with aphasia can be difficult to determine. Because of this, researchers began studying aphasic individuals process of lexical retrieval (word retrieval). When the language breakdown has to do with the process of lexical retrieval, clinicians may see persons with aphasia produce a paraphasia during speech. Paraphasias can occur at various levels including word and discourse levels. Several studies have been investigating whether or not paraphasias at the word level are indicative of paraphasias at the level of discourse. This study examined if there is a significant positive correlation between paraphasias at the level of confrontation naming to paraphasias at the level of discourse and correct information units in discourse. The study consisted of thirteen participants, 11 males and two females, with varying types of aphasia that met a criterion list for participation. A Spearman Rho nonparametric correlation was completed in order to analyze the significance of the relationships. A strong, positive correlation was found that was statistically significant between the number of paraphasias at the word level on the Boston Naming Test (BNT) and the number of paraphasias at the discourse level on Cookie Theft task taken from the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination. A very weak correlation that was not statistically significant was found between the number of paraphasias at the word level on the BNT and the number of CIUs produced. Although the present data suggests a strong, positive correlation between the number of paraphasias at the word level and the number of paraphasias at the discourse level as well as a weak, negative correlation between number of paraphasias at the word level and number of CIUs produced by persons with aphasia, this is not consistent with the finding of other studies. Such studies have suggested a weaker relationship between the number of paraphasias at the word level and discourse and found more significant results with the number of CIUs. Further investigations on these measures need to be completed before these findings can be widely accepted.
Stacy Harnish (Advisor)
Jen Brello (Committee Member)
22 p.

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  • Colombo, M. (2019). Is There a Significant Positive Correlation Between Paraphasias at the Level of Confrontation Naming to Paraphasias at the Level of Discourse and CIUs in Discourse? [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1554820396344076

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Colombo, Mackenzie. Is There a Significant Positive Correlation Between Paraphasias at the Level of Confrontation Naming to Paraphasias at the Level of Discourse and CIUs in Discourse? 2019. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1554820396344076.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Colombo, Mackenzie. "Is There a Significant Positive Correlation Between Paraphasias at the Level of Confrontation Naming to Paraphasias at the Level of Discourse and CIUs in Discourse?" Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1554820396344076

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)