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AphasiaBank offers a free, accessible database for studying language in persons with aphasia (PWAs). This resource enhances research by providing standardized data and analysis tools for improved replicability and transparency in aphasia studies.

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Area of Science:

  • Neurolinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics
  • Speech and Language Pathology

Background:

  • AphasiaBank is a growing computerized database containing interviews with persons with aphasia (PWAs) and controls.
  • The database, established by February 2011, included 145 PWAs and 126 controls from 12 US sites.
  • Data and analysis programs are freely accessible online.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish a system for collecting and sharing language usage data from PWAs.
  • To develop standardized protocols for data elicitation, transcription, coding, and analysis.
  • To facilitate hypothesis testing and improve methodological rigor in aphasia research.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a standard elicitation protocol for PWA interviews.
  • Implementation of systematic automatic and manual methods for transcription and coding.
  • Application of analysis methods to study diverse linguistic features (phonological, lexical, semantic, etc.) using Cinderella story retellings.

Main Results:

  • Demonstration of analysis methods applied to phonological, lexical, semantic, morphological, syntactic, temporal, prosodic, gestural, and discourse features.
  • Illustrative sample analyses from Cinderella story transcripts.
  • Establishment of a framework for data sharing and analysis in aphasia research.

Conclusions:

  • AphasiaBank provides researchers with a valuable, shared database for studying aphasia.
  • The database promotes increased methodological replicability, precision, and transparency.
  • AphasiaBank serves as a significant new tool for advancing aphasia research.