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Functioning of Lexical Connections in Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases. Case Study of a Patient with Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)

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Gatkowska I., Jauer-Niworowska O.

Academic Journal of Modern Philology

2023

issue 19

65-84

Aim of the research: interdisciplinary description of functioning of lexical connections in a patient with spinocerebellar ataxia (SCA-type1). There is little research on lexical networks in patients with neurodegenerative diseases. Procedure: the subject was asked to give associations to 63 stimuli-lexemes. Tools used in the study: the Experimental lexical network of the Polish language, a digital recorder, an Olympus 650 DM. The Experimental lexical network was developed by Izabela Gatkowska (2017). It was created as a result of the study concerning the associations of 900 healthy Polish-speaking adults. Utterances of the subject were recorded, transcribed and compared with standard data. Results: the reactions of the subject were different from the associations presented in the Experimental lexical network. The most common verbal reactions were: creating definitions of stimuli-word meanings or making comment on them. Associations created by the subject were based on paradigmatic or syntagmatic relations. The authors explain how the specific verbal behaviour of the subject is related to the cognitive and language dysfunctions caused by the cerebellar damages. The results showed that language processing should not be regarded as separate from other cognitive functions. Verbal reactions of the subject are slightly similar to aphasic symptoms, but mostly they are related to cerebellar damage and executive disorders. The results obtained proved the validity of the connection between linguistic and psychological methods and tools in studies which concern the language behaviour of patients with neurodegenerative diseases.

Reflection on the concept of “the norm” in speech-language therapy

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Jauer-Niworowska O.

Logopedia Silesiana

2022

vol. 11

issue 2

Artykuł poświęcony jest różnym aspektom normy w logopedii. Celem założonym w artykule jest wskazanie złożoności poruszanej problematyki. Autorka rozważa uwarunkowania zachowań językowych i komunikacyjnych oraz związane z nimi sposoby opisu normy. Odnosi się do językowego, biologicznego i psychologicznego ujęcia normy. Wiedzę i doświadczenie pozwalające na uzgodnienie znaczeń dotyczących nazw zaburzeń, uwzględnienie interdyscyplinarnych sposobów definiowania normy traktuje jako niezbędny warunek poprawnej diagnozy i terapii osób z zaburzeniami mowy o różnej etiologii. Z tego wynika istotność zapewnienia odpowiednich standardów kształcenia, przygotowującego do samodzielnego, trafnego i rzetelnego diagnozowania i usprawniania logopedycznego.

The article discusses various concepts of the norm in speech-language therapy. The aim of the article is to present the complexity of the topic. The author considers various determinants of linguistic and communicative behaviour in the verbal form and the related methods of describing the norm. The essential requirement for correct diagnosis and therapy of persons with speech disorders of various aetiologies is knowledge and experience sufficient to determine the meaning of individual terms designating the disorders, taking into account interdisciplinary methods of defining the norm. This explains also the importance of ensuring proper standards of education allowing to perform independent, correct and reliable diagnosis and speech-language therapy.

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Functioning of Lexical Connections in Patients with Neurodegenerative Diseases. Case Study of a Patient with Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)

Reflection on the concept of “the norm” in speech-language therapy