뇌졸중자의 언어치료 프로그램 개발

A study of speech therapy program development for patients after a stroke

&nbsp;&nbsp;Patients who have experienced a stroke often suffer a problem with their communication. Communication can be worked when the information transfer is smooth between the speaker and the audience. In order to communicate properly, the speaker should describe the characteristics and the trait of the subject of which the speaker wants to express, also the audience should be able to understand and provide feedback to the speaker about the relevance of the information given by the speaker.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The purpose of this study was to develop program to improve the referential communication skills through the cooperative group therapy for the patients who suffered from the stroke. The referential communication is to exchange the information with others about the specific reference(e.g., an object, a place or an idea). The referential communication means that a speakers&quot;s ability to choose a trait or a characteristics of the reference and to describe linguistically in order to grasp the reference of one of the various kinds of subjects. That is, the speaker has to describe the reference card which he/she intends to speak from as only one of the cards contains the relevant information among similar forms of non-reference card to help the audience&quot;s classifying of the contents.<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;The cooperative group therapy using the referential communication designated in this study contains level of sentence, it consists of level 1 and level 2 according to the number of stimuli. Moreover, a general procedure of the program is suggested that the patients who suffered from a stroke can take a role as a speaker and as a member of the audience.