Auditory Comprehension Therapy

Question 1

Therapy for word sound deafness

Answer 1

Phoneme-grapheme matching
Phoneme discrimination
Minimal pair discrimination
Same/different judgements - do these 2 words same/different.

Question 2

Therapy for word sound deafness 2

Answer 2

Computer therapy
1. Phoneme discrimination tasks - hierachy of increasing phoneme complexity. Errorless learning approach.
2. Phoneme recognition therapy - pt. points to letter representing sound they heard.
Results - improvement in discriminiation and recognition generalises to untreated items - transfer to functional tasks - phone.

Question 3

Therapy for word sound deafness 3

Answer 3

Conversation partner training
Changing their behaviour, improving impact of impairment = successful - Aphasiology.
Include: writing key words, using gesture, slowing rate, establishing topic, using comprehension checks.

Question 4

Therapy for word form deafness

Answer 4

Semantic therapy - spoken word to picture matching, categorisation tasks, matching of written words associates.
Auditory training and semantic therapy = spoken word to pic matching, encouraged to lip read but not repeat.
Sentence therapy = selection of 3 names/objects in a sequence, spoken sentence to picture matching.

Question 5

Intensity for word form deafness

Answer 5

1 hour, x5 days a week, for 4 weeks.

Question 6

Therapy for word meaning deafness

Answer 6

Implicit vs explicit therapy

Question 7

Implicit auditory therapy

Answer 7

Silent reading tasks - accessing auditory input indirectly 
Tasks compromised: 
Reading of defintions 
Read definition 
Fix the meaning
Write down word x4
Written synonym judgement using triads.

Question 8

Explicit Auditory Therapy

Answer 8

Targeted access to semantics directly using reading and listening tasks
Read definitions whilst listening to taped, fix meaning and repeat x4.
Synonym judgement tasks - listen to and read tirad of words - match target words to triad,
Explicit more effect and durable and succesfful in LT.

Question 9

Ferguson (2000) Communicative strategies

Answer 9

For PWA: Repeating, requesting repeats, asking others to slow down or write things down.
For CP: Using gesture/writing, slow, exaggerating stress, altering word choice, repeating, reduce complexity, using verbal introducers, using touch or name, seeking feedback.