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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Speech and Language Pathology
  • Rehabilitation Medicine

Background:

  • Severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) often leads to chronic communication impairments.
  • Research on communication recovery beyond 12 months post-TBI, particularly using discourse measures, is limited.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate quantitative and qualitative changes in important event recounts of individuals with severe TBI up to 2 years post-injury.
  • To explore communication recovery trajectories beyond the typical 12-month focus.

Main Methods:

  • A prospective observational study with an inception cohort of 34 participants with severe TBI.
  • Participants produced important event recounts at 6, 12, and 24 months post-injury.
  • Mixed-methods analysis including microlinguistic, macrostructural (using CLAN software), and qualitative content analysis.

Main Results:

  • Significant differences in discourse measures were observed between 6 and 24 months, indicating protracted recovery.
  • Microlinguistic analysis revealed increased revisions and repetitions over time.
  • Macrostructural analysis showed changes in narrative complexity, character orientation, and evaluative comments; content analysis identified shifts in topic focus from childhood events to career and education.

Conclusions:

  • This study is the first to examine important event recounts in severe TBI recovery beyond 12 months.
  • Findings demonstrate discourse recovery continuing past 12 months, underscoring the need for extended rehabilitation services.
  • The important event recount is a promising ecologically valid tool for assessing communication recovery, offering insights for therapy targets.