Successful word retraining, maintenance and transference of practice to everyday activities: A single case experimental design in early onset alcohol-induced brain damage
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Successful word retraining, maintenance and transference of practice to everyday activities : A single case experimental design in early onset alcohol-induced brain damage. / Savage, Sharon A. ; Suárez-González, Aida ; Stuart, Ida ; Christensen, Iben.
I: Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Bind 33, Nr. 9, 2023, s. 1488-1511.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Successful word retraining, maintenance and transference of practice to everyday activities
T2 - A single case experimental design in early onset alcohol-induced brain damage
AU - Savage, Sharon A.
AU - Suárez-González, Aida
AU - Stuart, Ida
AU - Christensen, Iben
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Word retraining programs have been shown to improve naming ability post-stroke and in progressive aphasias. Here, we investigated benefits for a 22-year-old Danish man (DJ), whose difficulties followed brain damage from heavy alcohol misuse. Using a multiple baseline-across-behaviours design (target behaviour: retrieval of word list items), DJ completed a 4-week “Look, Listen, Repeat” program on a computer. Ninety personally relevant target words were selected to create three matched lists. List 1 was trained for 10 sessions over 2 weeks, followed by 9 sessions for List 2 over 2 weeks, while the third list remained untrained. Naming performance was evaluated at baseline, during the intervention, and at 1 and 4 months post-training. Naming improved following each intervention block (p < .001), with only one data point overlapping between the baseline and treatment phases for trained items. Untrained words remained unchanged (p = 1.00), with 50% of data points non-overlapping across baseline to treatment phases. Performance was maintained over time, and appeared to generalize, with DJ naming more trained objects in their natural setting (85%) than untrained items (64%). While more evidence is needed, brief (20-minute), intensive (5-day/week) word retraining programs may assist word retrieval for people with brain damage associated with alcohol misuse.
AB - Word retraining programs have been shown to improve naming ability post-stroke and in progressive aphasias. Here, we investigated benefits for a 22-year-old Danish man (DJ), whose difficulties followed brain damage from heavy alcohol misuse. Using a multiple baseline-across-behaviours design (target behaviour: retrieval of word list items), DJ completed a 4-week “Look, Listen, Repeat” program on a computer. Ninety personally relevant target words were selected to create three matched lists. List 1 was trained for 10 sessions over 2 weeks, followed by 9 sessions for List 2 over 2 weeks, while the third list remained untrained. Naming performance was evaluated at baseline, during the intervention, and at 1 and 4 months post-training. Naming improved following each intervention block (p < .001), with only one data point overlapping between the baseline and treatment phases for trained items. Untrained words remained unchanged (p = 1.00), with 50% of data points non-overlapping across baseline to treatment phases. Performance was maintained over time, and appeared to generalize, with DJ naming more trained objects in their natural setting (85%) than untrained items (64%). While more evidence is needed, brief (20-minute), intensive (5-day/week) word retraining programs may assist word retrieval for people with brain damage associated with alcohol misuse.
U2 - 10.1080/09602011.2022.2107545
DO - 10.1080/09602011.2022.2107545
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 35984770
VL - 33
SP - 1488
EP - 1511
JO - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
JF - Neuropsychological Rehabilitation
SN - 0960-2011
IS - 9
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