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Multiparty Communication: A New Direction in Characterizing the Impact of Traumatic Brain Injury on Social
Sophia Kekes-Szabo1, Sharice Clough1,2,3, Sarah Brown-Schmidt4
1Department of Hearing & Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.
American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology
|June 16, 2025
Summary
Research calls for more study into how individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) manage group conversations. Understanding common ground and audience design in multiparty communication is key for TBI recovery and social integration.
Area of Science:
- Cognitive Science
- Neurorehabilitation
- Communication Disorders
Background:
- Social communication in groups is essential for academic, vocational, and interpersonal success.
- Individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) face significant challenges in multiparty communication due to cognitive and neural deficits.
- Current understanding of TBI's impact on group communication is limited.
Discussion:
- Common ground and audience design are critical in multiparty communication.
- TBI complicates the ability to track shared knowledge and adapt communication in groups.
Key Insights:
- Little is known about TBI's effect on group communication dynamics.
- Deficits in TBI can impair managing "who knows what" in social settings.
Outlook:
- Studying common ground and audience design in TBI offers a new research direction.
- This research may lead to interventions for improving social communication in TBI.
- Enhanced understanding can improve academic, vocational, and interpersonal outcomes for individuals with TBI.
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