School of Medicine, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
Psychology Department, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.
NeuroRehabilitation. 2014;34(1):39-43. doi: 10.3233/NRE-131006.
Individuals who have had a traumatic brain injury (TBI) often have difficulty processing nonverbal communication (Ekman, 1976) The published research in this area has focused on a TBI patient's ability to recognize facial expression, vocal intonation, and postural expression (Croker, 2005; Hopkins, Dywan & Segalowitz, 2002).
This study compared the non-verbal processing skills of brain-injured patients versus non-injured controls in all three domains.
The stimuli were photographs of facial and postural expressions and audio recordings of intonational expressions.
The results indicated that persons with TBI have particular difficulty recognizing non-verbal communication resulting from vocal intonations.
The TBI patients had difficulty processing tonality, therefore, it is reasonable to suggest that clinicians, friends, and family members should emphasize the explicit verbal content of spoken language when speaking to a person with TBI.
经历过创伤性脑损伤（TBI）的个体通常在处理非言语交流方面存在困难（Ekman，1976）。该领域的已发表研究主要集中在 TBI 患者识别面部表情、语音语调以及姿势表达的能力上（Croker，2005；Hopkins、Dywan 和 Segalowitz，2002）。
本研究比较了脑损伤患者与非损伤对照组在所有三个领域的非言语加工技能。
刺激物为面部和姿势表情的照片以及语调表达的音频记录。
结果表明，TBI 患者在识别源自语音语调的非言语交流方面存在特殊困难。
TBI 患者在处理语调方面存在困难，因此，建议临床医生、朋友和家人在与 TBI 患者交谈时应强调口语的明确的言语内容是合理的。
