title: Phonological disruption and subsequent self-correcting behaviour in Cantonese aphasic speakers.
abstract: This study investigated the phonological disruption and subsequent self-correcting behaviour in Cantonese aphasic speakers. The self-correcting behaviour was investigated by examining the sequence of successive spontaneous attempts in producing a target sound. Five anomic, five non-fluent aphasic and five normal control subjects were assessed by using a confrontation naming task which included monosyllabic, disyllabic and trisyllabic targets. All the aphasic subjects demonstrated successive phonological self-corrections towards the target. Initial consonants were more vulnerable to phonological disruption and more resistant to self-correction than vowels, lexical tones and final consonants.
authors.affiliation: Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Yiu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Stonham
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000849:Anomia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001184:Articulation Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D005246:Feedback / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011578:Psycholinguistics; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric