Semantic Feature Analysis Treatment for Aphasic Word Retrieval Impairments: What’s in a Name?

Abstract

This article delineates differences among treatment paradigms that have been called semantic feature analysis treatment and reviews the outcomes of these treatment studies regarding improved naming of treated items, maintenance of treatment effects over time, and generalized improvement to untreated items. Differences in outcomes among the treatment paradigms highlight the importance of using different names for different treatment paradigms.

Keywords:

• aphasia
• anomia
• semantic therapy
• semantic feature analysis treatment