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Clinically Feasible Analysis of Discourse: Current State and Looking Forward

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This chapter focuses on discourse measures that can be analyzed with either no or minimal transcription. For each measure, key research evidence, including availability of materials, training, and psychometric data for both stable and progressive aphasia will be highlighted. More complex/time-intensive measures available at more complex levels of transcription, which may be valuable in specific settings or under unique circumstances, will also be briefly reviewed. Finally, the chapter closes with a discussion on recent advances in improving the feasibility of discourse analysis in clinical settings and considers what problems still need to be tackled in order to truly make clinical discourse analysis feasible at all levels.

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    As always, we are grateful for persons with aphasia who share their time and their stories with us so we can learn more about discourse and life participation. We thank the creators of AphasiaBank for developing the rich repository and for the many labs that so generously contribute to the database. We would also like to thank Dr. Rob Cavanaugh for his work developing the web-based MCA and CoreLex scoring apps.

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    Dalton, S.G.H., Richardson, J.D. (2023). Clinically Feasible Analysis of Discourse: Current State and Looking Forward. In: Kong, A.PH. (eds) Spoken Discourse Impairments in the Neurogenic Populations. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-45190-4_12

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