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Area of Science:

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  • Speech-Language Pathology
  • Communication Sciences

Background:

  • Audrey Holland's 1982 work initiated observer ratings of conversational success in people with aphasia (PWA).
  • A significant body of research now utilizes observer ratings to evaluate PWA's discourse.
  • This review examines the utility of these ratings in assessing communication success.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review the utility of observer ratings for assessing communicative success in people with aphasia (PWA).
  • To evaluate the reliability and validity of observer ratings across various discourse genres.
  • To explore the role of observer ratings in treatment efficacy and personalization.

Main Methods:

  • Conducted a traditional literature review of 16 articles using naive or trained raters for PWA's communicative success.
  • Analyzed an additional 10 articles reporting observer ratings over time.
  • Synthesized data from studies evaluating a total of 349 PWAs.

Main Results:

  • Observer ratings demonstrated reliability in assessing discourse-level communicative success for PWAs.
  • Multimodal communication and supportive contexts improved success, correlating with objective measures.
  • Nine out of ten studies showed that communicative success ratings captured treatment-related improvements.

Conclusions:

  • Observer ratings offer social validity and reliably assess PWA's discourse-level communication success.
  • Ratings correlate with diagnostic metrics but also reveal factors like interactivity and context.
  • Integrating pretreatment observer ratings can personalize treatment and track progress.