Drummond S S, Rentschler G J
J Commun Disord. 1981 Jul;14(4):287-98. doi: 10.1016/0021-9924(81)90013-7.
The effectiveness of visual--gestural cueing as compared with traditional auditory--verbal cueing was investigated using a time-series design. Eight dysphasic adults equally divided into a control and an experimental group were the subjects for this study. Results indicated no significant improvement in response times after an intensive 2-wk treatment period. Similarly, no single cue was observed to be more effective than others in eliciting dysphasic word-retrieval responses. In contrast, there was a significant difference in the order in which different cues were presented. Findings indicated that regardless of cue type, the cue presented first was the most effective. The present discussion relates current findings to previous observations and reviews implications of the data for language rehabilitation in dysphasia.
采用时间序列设计，研究了视觉-手势提示与传统听觉-言语提示相比的有效性。八名言语困难的成年人被平均分为对照组和实验组，作为本研究的对象。结果表明，在为期2周的强化治疗期后，反应时间没有显著改善。同样，在引发言语困难患者的词汇检索反应方面，没有观察到单一提示比其他提示更有效。相比之下，不同提示呈现的顺序存在显著差异。研究结果表明，无论提示类型如何，首先呈现的提示是最有效的。本讨论将当前研究结果与先前的观察结果相关联，并探讨了这些数据对言语困难患者语言康复的影响。
