Reading comprehension by people with chronic aphasia: A comparison of three levels of visuographic contextual support

摘要

Background: People with aphasia often have concomitant reading comprehension deficits that interfere with their full participation in leisure and social activities involving written text comprehension.Aims: The purpose of this investigation was to explore the impact of three levels of visuographic support-(a) high-context photographs, (b) low-context photographs, and (c) no photographs-on the reading comprehension of narratives by people with chronic aphasia. Methods & Procedures: Participants were seven adults with chronic aphasia and concomitant reading comprehension deficits. Participants read three narratives, each presented with a different level of visuographic support. Using a repeated measures design, the researchers examined (a) reading comprehension response accuracy (measured in number of correct responses), (b) response time (measured in seconds), and (c) the participants' perceptions of image helpfulness.