The negotiation of intelligibility in an aphasic dyad.
Employing conversation analysis as a research technique, this study investigates the ways that unintelligibility is accounted for and overcome within a therapeutic encounter between an individual with aphasia and dysarthria and his clinician. The results emphasize the collaborative nature of intelligibility negotiation and demonstrate how both the individual with the impairment and his clinician employ various interactional strategies and knowledge resources to turn unintelligibility into intelligibility so that the therapeutic encounter may continue.
Damico
Jack S
JS
Department of Communication Disorders, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, LA 70504-3170, USA. jsdamico@louisiana.edu
Simmons-Mackie
Nina
N
Wilson
Brent
B
D001037:Aphasia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D017008:Negotiating / Q000379:methods*; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D013065:Speech Intelligibility; D013068:Speech Production Measurement; D013070:Speech Therapy; D014705:Verbal Behavior