Mild traumatic brain injury: effects on naming in word retrieval and discourse.

Full Abstract

PRIMARY

OBJECTIVE:
To investigate differences between a group with mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) and a control group relative to standard scores and error type during word retrieval in both naming and discourse tasks.

METHODS AND PROCEDURES:
Ten participants with MTBI were age-, gender- and education-matched with 10 participants without injury. Pre-experimental tasks for the participants with MTBI included the Scales of Cognitive Ability for Traumatic Brain Injury and the Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices and both groups received the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-III. Experimental tasks included the Test of Adolescent/Adult Word Finding and the Test of Word Finding in Discourse.

MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS:
Few participants (three on each experimental task) demonstrated psychometrically-based word retrieval deficits (standard score < 85); however, a significant difference in performance for the TAWF as compared to the TWFD was observed between groups. More word finding errors occurred with confrontational naming than with discourse tasks for both groups, with latency as the primary error type.

CONCLUSIONS:
Confrontational naming tasks may be more sensitive to subtle language difficulties occurring after MTBI. The study of adults with MTBI and their performance on semantically-based tasks offers important information for the advancement of therapeutic intervention and education.

Learn Faster Today Improve your study skills

Author information

Author/s: King, Kristin A (KA); Hough, Monica S (MS); Walker, Marianna M (MM); Rastatter, Michael (M); Holbert, Don (D);

Affiliation: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA. kak1002(-atsign-)ecu.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Brain injury : [BI] (Brain Inj), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2006-Jun; vol 20 (issue 7) : pp 725-32

Dates: Created 2006/06/30; Completed 2006/08/31;

PMID: 16809205, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

Sourced from the National Library of Medicine. Abstract text and other information may be subject to copyright.

External Links for this article (including full text providers, if available):

Click Electronic Full-text Provider Links to see options for finding the electronic full text links to this article. Note there may be a subscription or fee required for access to the full text. See our FAQ for information on finding FREE full text articles.

This article may also be located in paper journal collections available in many libraries. Use the Journal and Publication Information above to find the full article.

MeSH headings (categories)

This article was linked to the MESH Headings shown below.

Adult
Brain Injuries - psychology
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Language Disorders - diagnosis; etiology

Language Disorders - diagnosis; etiology
Male
Mental Recall
Neuropsychological Tests
Pilot Projects
Psychometrics

These are the highest related articles currently in the database:

See 100+ related articles.