Multilevel factors predict treatment response following semantic feature-based intervention in bilingual aphasia.

ABSTRACT: Semantic feature-based treatments (SFTs) are effective rehabilitation strategies for word retrieval deficits in bilinguals with aphasia (BWA). However, few studies have prospectively evaluated the effects of key parameters of these interventions on treatment outcomes. This study examined the influence of intervention-level (i.e., treatment language and treatment sessions), individual-level (baseline naming severity and age), and stimulus-level (i.e., lexical frequency, phonological length, and phonological neighborhood density) factors on naming improvement in a treated and untreated language for 34 Spanish-English BWA who completed 40 hours of SFT. Results revealed significant improvement over time in both languages. In the treated language, individuals who received therapy in their L1 im

SUBMITTER: Scimeca M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993298 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature