Investigating changes in connected speech in nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia following script training.

ABSTRACT: Script training is a speech-language intervention designed to promote fluent connected speech via repeated rehearsal of functional content. This type of treatment has proven beneficial for individuals with aphasia and apraxia of speech caused by stroke and, more recently, for individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA). In the largest study to-date evaluating the efficacy of script training in individuals with nonfluent/agrammatic primary progressive aphasia (nfvPPA; Henry et al., 2018), robust treatment effects were observed, with maintenance of gains up to one year post-treatment. However, outcomes were constrained to measures of script accuracy, intelligibility, and grammaticality, providing a limited view of potential treatment benefit to connected speech. The current study eval

SUBMITTER: Grasso SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11995273 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature