title: Does Naming Therapy Make Ordering in a Restaurant Easier? Dynamics of Co-Occurring Change in Cognitive-Linguistic and Functional Communication Skills in Aphasia.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was conducted to investigate the static and dynamic relationships between impairment-level cognitive-linguistic abilities and activity-level functional communication skills in persons with aphasia (PWA).
  
  
  METHODS
  In Experiment 1, a battery of standardized assessments was administered to a group of PWA (N = 72) to examine associations between cognitive-linguistic ability and functional communication at a single time point. In Experiment 2, impairment-based treatment was administered to a subset of PWA from Experiment 1 (n = 39) in order to examine associations between change in cognitive-linguistic ability and change in function and associations at a single time point.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In both experiments, numerous significant associations were found between scores on tests of cognitive-linguistic ability and a test of functional communication at a single time point. In Experiment 2, significant treatment-induced gains were seen on both types of measures in participants with more severe aphasia, yet cognitive-linguistic change scores were not significantly correlated with functional communication change scores.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  At a single time point, cognitive-linguistic and functional communication abilities are associated in PWA. However, although changes on standardized assessments reflecting improvements in both types of skills can occur following an impairment-based therapy, these changes may not be significantly associated with each other.
authors.affiliation: Aphasia Research Laboratory, Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Erin L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Meier
authors.affiliation: Aphasia Research Laboratory, Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.affiliation: Aphasia Research Laboratory, Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Villard
authors.affiliation: Aphasia Research Laboratory, Sargent College, Boston University, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Swathi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001076:Aptitude; D000070642:Brain Injuries, Traumatic / Q000150:complications; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012147:Restaurants; D012931:Social Environment; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications