Jl. Wambaugh et al., Effects of two cueing treatments on lexical retrieval in aphasic speakers with different levels of deficit, APHASIOLOGY, 15(10-11), 2001, pp. 933-950
The effects of two cueing treatments for lexical retrieval were examined wi
th three aphasic speakers who demonstrated different levels of lexical proc
essing impairment (i.e., predominately semantic, predominately phonologic,
and mixed semantic-phonologic). Each speaker received both treatments, with
treatments being applied sequentially to different word lists in a multipl
e baseline design. Both treatments consisted of a prestimulation phase foll
owed by the application of a response-contingent cueing hierarchy. One trea
tment employed semantic-level cueing, whereas the other treatment utilised
phonologic-level cueing. All participants evidenced a positive response to
both of the treatments and one participant (predominately phonologic-level
deficit) showed a superior response to lexical-semantic treatment.