An evaluation of reading comprehension of expository text in adults with traumatic brain injury.
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
; 23(2): 160-75, 2014 May.
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This project was conducted to obtain information about reading problems of adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairments and to investigate how these readers respond to reading comprehension strategy prompts integrated into digital versions of text.METHOD:
Participants from 2 groups, adults with TBI (n = 15) and matched controls (n = 15), read 4 different 500-word expository science passages linked to either a strategy prompt condition or a no-strategy prompt condition. The participants' reading comprehension was evaluated using sentence verification and free recall tasks.RESULTS:
The TBI and control groups exhibited significant differences on 2 of the 5 reading comprehensionmeasures:
paraphrase statements on a sentence verification task and communication units on a free recall task. Unexpected group differences were noted on the participants' prerequisite reading skills. For the within-group comparison, participants showed significantly higher reading comprehension scores on 2 free recallmeasures:
words per communication unit and type-token ratio. There were no significant interactions.CONCLUSION:
The results help to elucidate the nature of reading comprehension in adults with TBI with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairments and endorse further evaluation of reading comprehension strategies as a potential intervention option for these individuals. Future research is needed to better understand how individual differences influence a person's reading and response to intervention.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Lectura
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Lesiones Encefálicas
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Patología del Habla y Lenguaje
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Dislexia Adquirida
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Trastornos del Lenguaje
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Etiology_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Speech Lang Pathol
Asunto de la revista:
PATOLOGIA DA FALA E LINGUAGEM
Año:
2014
Tipo del documento:
Article