The effects of a psycholinguistic training based on phonology and semantics on sentence production in an aphasic child with cerebral palsy

Abstract

In aphasia, damage to brain regions responsible for language processing disrupts access to words previously learned and consolidated in the mental lexicon, causing people with aphasia (PWA) to experience word finding difficulties that negatively impact their everyday communication. This study seeks to investigate the effects of a psycholinguistic training based on phonology and semantics on sentence production in a aphasic child with cerebral palsy. The study used a single-subject multiple- baseline research design across behaviors. A 13-year-old boy, named AE with expressive aphasia, admitted to Speech and Swallowing Disorders Clinic, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University was recruited to participate in this study. The aphasic child with cerebral palsy was found to be successful at the end of the training sessions, compared to the baseline. In other words, there was a positive difference between the data obtained in the first and last training sessions for each child.

Keywords:

• Psycholinguistic training
• phonology
• semantics
• sentence production aphasic child
• cerebral palsy

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Child’s parent provided the written informed consent to their child’s participation in this study. Written informed consent (in Arabic) was obtained from the Child’s parents. All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations (Declaration of Helsinki).

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Data sharing not applicable. The data are not publicly available due to participants’ privacy.

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