@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of early conversational recovery for people with traumatic brain injury and their communication partners",
journal="Brain injury",
year="2019",
author="Chia, An An and Power, Emma and Kenny, Belinda and Elbourn, Elise and McDonald, Skye and Tate, Robyn and MacWhinney, Brian and Turkstra, Lyn and Holland, Audrey and Togher, Leanne",
volume="33",
number="5",
pages="690-698",
abstract="PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the degree of participation by people with severe Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and the degree of support by their communication partners (CPs) changes in conversation during subacute recovery. <br><br>METHODS AND PROCEDURES: Seventeen pairs of participants with TBI and their CPs were video-recorded during a 10 min casual conversation at 3 and 6 months post-injury. Communication behaviors were rated using the adapted Measure of Participation in Conversation (MPC) and the adapted Measure of Support in Conversation (MSC) at both time points and compared. <br><br>RESULTS: Inferential analyses showed that there was no significant change in the degree of participation in conversation by participants with TBI and the degree of conversation support by their CPs from 3 to 6 months post. Comparison of qualitative field notes revealed that specific conversational behaviors changed over time, including better turn-taking and topic maintenance. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Documenting early communication recovery is a complex and challenging endeavor. The lack of change in conversational effectiveness during the sub-acute period using global rating scales highlights the need for social communication tools that are sensitive to communication recovery following severe TBI.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0269-9052",
doi="10.1080/02699052.2019.1571632",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1571632"
}