Journal article
Vocabulary skills of school-age children with acquired brain injury: an exploration of tiered word knowledge and naming errors
Brain injury, Vol.33(5), pp.657-669
16/04/2019
PMID: 30702947
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Abstract
Background: Vocabulary deficits are the most frequently documented communication difficulty following childhood acquired brain injury (ABI). Given the adverse consequences of limited vocabulary on academic success, it is critical to identify the presence and nature of vocabulary impairments to provide effective intervention for children with ABI.
Method: Eleven children (7;6–11;11) with moderate/severe ABI (>12 months post-injury) and individually matched typically developing (TD) controls completed an Australian adaptation of a vocabulary assessment based on a three-tiered framework: tier 1 (basic words), tier 2 (high-frequency, cross-curricular words), and tier 3 (curriculum-based words). Overall scores and tiered accuracy were compared at individual and group level. Type and frequency of expressive naming errors were also coded.
Results: In this pilot study, children with ABI demonstrated poorer overall scores than TD children. Equivalent accuracy was noted for tier 1 words and tier 2 receptive words. However, significantly poorer accuracy was noted in the ABI group for tier 2 expressive words and all tier 3 words. The majority of naming errors were semantic across both groups although TD participants showed a wider distribution of error types.
Conclusions: Findings support the use of tier 2 and 3 vocabulary as intervention targets in this population within education contexts and speech pathology settings.
Details
- Title
- Vocabulary skills of school-age children with acquired brain injury: an exploration of tiered word knowledge and naming errors
- Creators
- Ruei Ern Chea - University of SydneyNatalie Munro - University of SydneySuzi Drevensek - Sydney Children’s Hospitals NetworkCandice Brady - Sydney Children’s Hospitals NetworkKimberley Docking - University of Sydney
- Publication Details
- Brain injury, Vol.33(5), pp.657-669
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Identifiers
- 991013169711302368
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article