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  • Title: The use of discourse analyses for the evaluation of higher level traumatically brain-injured adults.
    Author: Coelho CA, Liles BZ, Duffy RJ.
    Journal: Brain Inj; 1991; 5(4):381-92. PubMed ID: 1786501.
    Abstract:
    Higher level traumatically brain-injured (TBI) adults often present a challenge in assessment as well as in the measurement of recovery. Traditional clinical measures of language abilities have not been adequate to identify and describe precisely what is deviant about their communication. Assessment has generally consisted of aphasia tests and measures of general cognitive abilities. Although such measures may be sensitive to deficits in lower level TBI patients or those in the early stages of recovery, their usefulness with higher functioning patients is questionable due to the often subtle nature of their residual communication problems. An overview of discourse analyses is presented and recent applications of these procedures with TBI patients reviewed.
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