ANCDS Aphasia Practice Guidelines
 

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Syntax Studies (see abbreviations table as needed for treatments)

Year
Reference (in chronological order)
Design
N
Class
Phase
Treatment
1971 Holland, A. L., & Levy, C. B. (1971). Syntactic generalization in aphasics as a function of relearning an active sentence. Acta Symbolica, 2, 34-41. G w/in
7
3
1
Multimodal comprehension & production training using a single sentence
1974 Smith, M. D. (1974). Operant conditioning of syntax in aphasia. Neuropsychologia, 12, 403-405.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Operant conditioning for use of prepositions (non-verbal)
1979

Loverso, F. L., Selinger, M., & Thomas E. Prescott, T. E. (1979). Application of verbing strategies to aphasia treatment. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 9 (pp. 229-238). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)

SS
2
3
1
Verb-centered treatment
1981

Helm-Estabrooks, N., Fitzpatrick, P. M., & Barresi, B. (1981). Response of an agrammatic patient to a syntax stimulation program for aphasia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 46, 422-427.
(link to abstract)

SS
1
3
1
HELPSS
1982 Thompson, C. K., McReynolds, L. V., & Vance, C. E. (1982). Generative use of locatives in multiword utterances in agrammatism: A matrix-training approach. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 12 (pp. 289-297). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
2
3
1
Matrix training
1982 Prescott, T. E., Selinger, M., & Loverso, F. L. (1982). An analysis of learning, generalization, and maintenance of verbs by an aphasic patient. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 12 (pp. 178-182). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
1
3
2
Verb-centered treatment
1984 Kearns , K. P., & Salmon, S. J. (1984). An experimental analysis of auxiliary and copula verb generalization in aphasia. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 49, 152-163.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Auxiliary "is" training
1985 Doyle, P. J., & Goldstein, H. (1985). Experimental analysis of acquisition and generalization of syntax in Broca’s aphasia. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 15 (pp. 205-213). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
2
3
1
HELPSS
1985 Salvatore, A. (1985). Experimental analysis of a syntax stimulation training procedure. In R.H. Brookshire (Ed.) Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 15 (pp. 214-221). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
G w/in
3
3
1
HELPSS
1986 Doyle, P. J., & Bourgeois, M. S. (1986). The effects of syntax training on “adequacy” of communication in Broca’s aphasia: A social validation study. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 16 (pp. 123-131). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS/ Gwiin
4
3
2
HELPSS
1986
Helm-Estabrooks, N. & Ramsberger, G. (1986b). Treatment of agrammatism in long-term Broca's aphasia. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 21, 39-45.
SS/G w/in
6
3
1
HELPSS
1986 Jones, E. V. (1986). Building the foundations for sentence production in a non-fluent aphasic. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 21, 63-82. SS
1
3
1
Sentence production
1986 Thompson, C. K., & McReynolds, L. V. (1986). Wh interrogative production in agrammatic aphasia: An experimental analysis of auditory-visual stimulation and direct-production treatment. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 29, 193-206.
(link to abstract)
SS
4
3
2
Direct Production Treatment vs. AV stimulation
1986 Roberts, J. A., & Wertz, R. T. (1986). TACS: A contrastive-language treatment for aphasic adults. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 16 (pp. 207-212). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
2
3
1
Syntax Stimulation
1987 Cannito, M. P., & Vogel, D. (1987). Treatment can facilitate reacquisition of a morphologic rule. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 17 (pp. 23-28). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
1
3
1
Plural treatment (reg/irreg)
1987 Doyle, P. J., Goldstein, H., Bourgeois, M. S. (1987). Experimental analysis of syntax training in Broca's aphasia: A generalization and social validation study. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 52, 143-155.
(link to abstract)
SS
4
3
1
HELPSS
1987 Davis, G. A. & Tan, L. L. (1987). Stimulation of sentence production in a case with agrammatism. Journal of Communication Disorders, 20, 447-457.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Syntax Stimulation
1987 Selinger, M., Prescott, T. E., Loverso, F., & Fuller, K. (1987). Below the 50th percentile: Application of the verb as core model. In R. H. Brookshire (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 17 (pp. 55-63). Minneapolis, MN: BRK Publishers.
(link to article)
SS
1
3
2
Verb-centered treatment
1988

Loverso, F. L., Prescott, T. E., & Selinger, M. (1988). Cueing verbs: A treatment strategy for aphasic adults (CVT). Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 25, 47-60.
(link to pdf)

SS
2
3
2
Cueing Verb Treatment
1989 Doyle, P. J., Goldstein, H., Bourgeois, M. S., & Nakles, K. O. (1989). Facilitating generalized requesting behavior in Broca’s aphasia: An experimental analysis of a generalization training procedure. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 22, 157-170. SS
4
3
1
Training requesting behavior
1989 Weinrich, M., Steele, R. D., Kleczewska, M., Steven Carlson, G., Baker, E., & Wertz, R. T. (1989). Representations of ‘verbs’ in a computerized visual communication system. Aphasiology, 3, 501-512. SS
2
3
2
C-VIC
1989 Wambaugh, J. L., & Thompson, C. K. (1989). Training and generalization of agrammatic aphasic adults' Wh-interrogative productions. Journal of Speech and Hearing Disorders, 54, 509-525.
(link to abstract)
SS
4
3
1
Wh- Interrogative training
1991 Nickels, L., Byng, S., & Black, M. (1991). Sentence processing deficits: A replication of therapy. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 26, 175-199. SS
1
3
2
Mapping therapy
1991 Le Dorze, G., Jacob, A., & Coderre, L. (1991). Aphasia rehabilitation with a case of agrammatism: A partial replication. Aphasiology, 5, 63-85. SS
1
3
1
Mapping therapy
1992 Deloche, G., Ferrand, E., Naud, E., Baeta, E., Vendrell, J., Claros-Salinas, D. (1992). Differential effects of covert and overt training of the syntactical component of verbal number processing and gerenalisations to other tasks: A single-case study. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 2, 257-281. CS
1
3
1
Covert vs. overt treatment for "number syntax"
1992 Mitchum, C. C. & Berndt, R. S. (1992). Verb retrieval and sentence construction: Effects of targeted intervention. In M. J. Riddoch, & G. W. Humphreys (Eds.), Cognitive Neuropsychology and Cognitive Rehabilitation (pp. 317-348). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence SS
1
3
1
Verb retrieval treatment; grammatical frame morphology treatment
1992 Loverso, F. L., Prescott, T. E., & Selinger, M. (1992). Microcomputer treatment applications in aphasiology. Aphasiology, 6, 155-163. G w/in
21
3
2
Cueing Verb Treatment
1992 Loverso, L. L. & Milione, J. (1992). Training and generalization of expressive syntax in nonfluent aphasia. Clinics in Communication Disorders, 2, 43-53. SS
1
3
2
Cueing Verb Treatment
1992 Loughrey, L. (1992). The effects of two teaching techniques on recognition and use of function words by aphasic stroke patients. Rehabilitation Nursing, 17, 134-137. .
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1993 Thompson, C. K., Shapiro, L. P., & Roberts, M. M. (1993). Treatment of sentence production deficits in aphasia: A linguistic-specific approach to wh-interrogative training and generalization. Aphasiology, 7, 111–133. SS
4
3
1
LST
1993 Weinrich, M., McCall, D., Shoosmith, L., Thomas, K., Katzenberger, K., & Weber, C. (1993). Locative prepositional phrases in severe aphasia. Brain and Language, 45, 21-45.
(link to abstract)
SS
6
3
2
C-VIC
1994 Thompson, C. K., & Shapiro, L. P. (1994). A linguistic-specific approach to treatment of sentence production deficits in aphasia. In M. L. Lemme (Ed.), Clinical Aphasiology: Vol. 22 (307-323). Austin, Texas: Pro-Ed.
(link to article)
SS
5
3
1
LST
1995 Fink, R.B., Schwatrz, M.F., Rochon, E., Myers, J.L., Socolof, G. S., & Bluestone, R. (1995). Syntax stimulation revisited: An analysis of generalization of treatment effects. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 4, 99-104.
(link to abstract)
SS
7
2
2
HELPSS
1995 Avent, J. R., Edwards, D. J., Franco, C. R., & Lucero, C. J., & Pekowsky, J. I. (1995). A verbal and non-verbal treatment comparison study in aphasia. Aphasiology, 9, 295-303. SS
3
3
2
Syntax Stimulation & PACE
1995 Thompson, C. K. & Shapiro, L. P. (1995). Training sentence production in agrammatism: Implications for normal and disordered language. Brain and Language, 50, 201-224.
(link to abstract)
SS
17
3
2
LST
1996 Berndt, R. S., Mitchum, C. C., & Haedinges, A. N. (1996). Comprehension of reversible sentences in “agrammatism”: a meta-analysis. Cognition, 58, 289-308.
(link to abstract)
Meta-analysis
.
3
.
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1996 Haendiges, A. N., Berndt, R. S., & Mitchum, C. C. (1996). Assessing the elements contributing to a “mapping” deficit: A targeted treatment study. Brain and Language, 52, 276-302.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Mapping therapy
1996 Thompson, C. K., Shapiro, L. P., Tait, M. E., Jacobs, B. J., & Schneider, S. S. (1996). Training wh-question production in agrammatic aphasia: Analysis of argument and adjunct movement. Brain and Language, 52, 175-228.
(link to abstract)
SS
G w/in
7
3
2
LST
1997 Thompson, C. K., Shapiro, L. P., Ballard, K. J., Jacobs, B. B., Schneider, S. S., & Tait, M. E. (1997). Training and generalized production of wh- and NP-movement structures in agrammatic aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 228-244.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
2
LST
1997 Thompson, C. K., Shapiro, L. P., Ballard, K. J., Jacobs, B. B., Schneider, S. S., & Tait, M. E. (1997). Training and generalized production of wh- and NP-movement structures in agrammatic aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 40, 228-244.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
2
2
LST
1997 Van de Sandt-Koenderman, W. M. E., Bonta, E., Wielaert, S. M., Visch-Brink, E. G. (1997). Stimulating sentence production in agrammatic patients: The effect of the Visual Cue Programme on spontaneous speech. Aphasiology, 11, 735-759. SS
2
3
1
Visual Cue Programme
1997 Weinrich, M., Shelton, J. R., Cox, D. M., & McCall, D. (1997). Remediating production of tense morphonology improves verb retrieval in chronic aphasia. Brain and Language, 58, 23-45. (link to abstract) SS
3
3
2
C-VIC
1997 Weinrich, M., Shelton, J. R., McCall, D., & Cox, D. M. (1997). Generalization from single sentence to multisentence production in severely aphasic patients. Brain and Language, 58, 327-352.
(link to abstract)
SS
3
3
2
C-VIC
1998 Berndt, R. S., & Mitchum, C. C. (1998). An experimental treatment of sentence comprehension. In N. Helm-Estabrooks & A.L. Holland (Eds.), Approaches to the treatment of aphasia. San Diego: Singular Publishing. CS
1
3
1
Spoken sentence-picture matching
1998 Marshall, J., Pring, T., & Chiat, S. (1998). Verb retrieval and sentence production in aphasia. Brain and Language, 63, 159-183. (see 1998b)
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Semantic verb treatment
1998 Thompson, C. K. (1998). Treating sentence production in agrammatic aphasia. In. N. Helm-Estabrooks, & A. L. Holland (Eds.), Approaches to the Treatment of Aphasia (pp. 113-151). San Diego, CA: Singular Publishing Group. SS
1
3
1
LST
1998 Thompson, C. K., Ballard, K. J., & Shapiro, L. P. (1998). The role of syntactic complexity in training wh-movement structures in agrammatic aphasia: optimal order for promoting generalization. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society, 4, 661-674. SS
3
3
2
LST
1999 Ballard, K. J. & Thompson, C. K. (1999). Treatment and generalization of complex sentence production in agrammatism. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 42, 690-707.
(link to abstract)
SS
5
3
2
LST
1999 Marshall, J. (1999). Doing something about a verb impairment: Two therapy approaches. In S. Byng, K. Swinburn, & C. Pound (Eds.), The Aphasia Therapy File (pp. 111-130). East Sussex, UK: Taylor & Francis Group. SS
1
3
1
Semantic verb training plus compensatory strategies
1999 Weinrich, M., Boser, K. I., & McCall, D. (1999). Representation of linguistic rules in the brain: evidence from training an aphasic patient to produce past tense verb morphology. Brain and Language, 70, 144-158.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
2
C-VIC
2000 Jacobs, B. J. & Thompson, C. K. (2000). Cross-modal generalization effects of training noncanonical sentence comprehension and production in agrammatic aphasia. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 43, 5-20.
(link to abstract)
SS
4
3
2
LST
2000 Boser, K. I., Weinrich, M., & McCall D. (2000). Maintenance of oral production in agrammatic aphasia: Verb tense morphology training. Neurorehabilitation and Neural Repair, 14, 105- 118. CS
1
3
1
C-VIC
2001 Jacobs, B. (2001). Social validity of changes in informativeness and efficiency of aphasic discourse following linguistic specific treatment (LST). Brain and Language, 78, 115-127.
(link to abstract)
SS
G w/in
5
3
2
LST
2001 Murray, L. L. & Ray, A. H. (2001). A comparison of relaxation training and syntax stimulation for chronic nonfluent aphasia. Journal of Communication Disorders, 34, 87-113.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
HELPSS (and relaxation training)
2001 Weinrich, M., Boser, K.I., McCall, D. & Bishop, V. (2001). Training agrammatic subjects on passive sentences: implications for syntactic deficit theories. Brain and Language, 76, 45-61.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
2
C-VIC: passive sentences
2003 Hoen, M., Golembiowski, M., Guyot, E., Deprez, V., Caplan, D., & Dominey, P. F. (2003). Training with cognitive sequences improves syntactic comprehension in agrammatic aphasics. NeuroReport, 14, 495-499.
(link to abstract)
G w/in
6
3
1
Learning non-linguistic analog of a syntactic structure
2003 Thompson, C.K., Shapiro, L.P., Kiran, S., and Sobecks, J. (2003) The role of syntactic complexity in treatment of sentence deficits in agrammatic aphasia: The complexity account of treatment efficacy (CATE). Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. 46: 591-607.
(link to abstract)
SS/Gb/t
4
2
2
LST
2004 Berndt, R. S., Mitchum, C. C., Burton, M. W., & Haendiges, A. N. (2004). Comprehension of reversible sentences in aphasia: The effects of verb meaning. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21, 229-244.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Sentence-picture verification with feedback
2004 Linebarger, M. C., McCall, D., & Berndt, R. S. (2004). The role of processing support in the remediation of aphasic language production disorders. Cognitive Neuropsychology, 21(2/3/4), 267-282.
(link to abstract)
SS
2
3
1
Computer w/record & playback
2004 Murray, L. L., Ballard, K., & Karcher, L. (2004). Linguistic Specific Treatment: Just for Broca’s aphasia? Aphasiology, 18, 785-809.
(link to abstract)
SS
4
3
2
LST
2004 Peach, R. K. & Wong, P. C. M. (2004). Integrating the message level into treatment for agrammatism using story retelling. Aphasiology, 18, 429-441.
(link to abstract)
SS
1
3
1
Retelling fables, writing corrections of one's own retelling
2005 Rochon, E., Laird, L., Bose, A., & Scofield, J. (2005). Mapping therapy for sentence production impairment in aphasia. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 15(1), 1-36.
(link to abstract)
SS
5
3
1
Mapping therapy
2005 Webster, J., Morris, J., & Franklin, S. (2005). Effects of therapy targeted at verb retrieval and the realization of the predicate argument structure: A case study. Aphasiology, 19, 748-764.
(link to abstract)
CS
1
3
NA
Treatment for producing verbs with different argument structures
2006 Wierenga, C., Maher, L.M., Moore, A.B. et al. (2006).Neural substrates of syntactic mapping treatement: An fMRI study of two cases. Journal of International Neuropsychological Society, 12, 132-146. SS
2
3
1
Mapping therapy (errorless & errorful learning)