Drawing or Typing as Self Cueing for Word Retrieval in Aphasia

Thursday, 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Seabright
Poster 2
This study was to investigate whether the use of an orthographic self-cueing system will facilitate more accurate naming than using drawing to self cue for people with aphasia. One male and two females with aphasia. The participants partook in three 1-hour individual sessions. In each session participants viewed three different video clips and discussed each one with the researcher. The researcher took note of word retrieval difficulties and prompted participants use a keyboard/typing or drawing to cue word retrieval. Only one participant demonstrated some progress using these techniques. The keyboard/typing was found to elicit more words. These techniques can also be convenient and helpful for other populations that have word finding difficulties, such as Alzheimer's Disease and Epilepsy.
Track: 
Adult