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Brain and Language
|January 1, 1996
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This study shows that aphasic patients can improve sentence comprehension by explicitly comparing active and passive structures. However, broader cognitive impairments may limit generalization of these gains.

Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Speech and Language Pathology

Background:

  • Aphasia often impairs sentence comprehension, particularly with reversible transitive sentences.
  • Patients may struggle to assign agent and patient roles when multiple interpretations are plausible.

Observation:

  • Initial treatment using error feedback was ineffective for a chronic aphasic patient (E.A.).
  • Comprehension improved when active and passive sentences were explicitly compared and linked to visual stimuli.

Findings:

  • The patient learned to assign thematic roles using surface structure cues.
  • Consistent interpretation of active and passive sentences was achieved with full sentence availability.

Implications:

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  • Targeted comparison of sentence structures can enhance comprehension in aphasia.
  • Multiple underlying impairments, including cognitive deficits, likely contribute to sentence comprehension failures in aphasia.