%0 Journal Article
%T Patterns of early conversational recovery for people with traumatic brain injury and their communication partners
%J Brain injury
%D 2019
%A Chia, An An
%A Power, Emma
%A Kenny, Belinda
%A Elbourn, Elise
%A McDonald, Skye
%A Tate, Robyn
%A MacWhinney, Brian
%A Turkstra, Lyn
%A Holland, Audrey
%A Togher, Leanne
%V 33
%N 5
%P 690-698
%X 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>
%G en
%I Informa - Taylor and Francis Group
%@ 0269-9052
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699052.2019.1571632