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The Auditory Language Comprehension Programme: a description and case study
R Bastiaanse1, S Nijboer, M Taconis
1Department of Linguistics, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Summary
The Auditory Language Comprehension Programme aids severely aphasic patients by targeting word-level auditory comprehension. This Dutch therapy uses varied distractors to improve language skills in individuals with aphasia.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Speech-Language Pathology
Background:
- Aphasia, often resulting from traumatic brain injury, significantly impairs language comprehension.
- The Auditory Language Comprehension Programme (ALCP) is a Dutch intervention designed for severe aphasia at the word level.
Observation:
- The ALCP features 420 items structured hierarchically across three parts, focusing on phonological, semantic, and combined linguistic levels.
- Each item involves identifying a spoken target word from four picture choices, with increasing distractor relatedness (phonological, semantic, or lexical-morphological).
Findings:
- The programme's hierarchical structure, based on programmed instruction principles, systematically increases task difficulty.
- A case study demonstrated the application of the semantic level training for a patient with traumatic brain injury-induced aphasia.
Implications:
- The ALCP offers a structured, evidence-based approach for auditory language comprehension therapy in severe aphasia.
- Therapeutic strategies and patient performance evaluation provide insights for clinical application and further research in aphasia rehabilitation.