A standardized rule-based scoring system, the Correct Information Unit (CIU) analysis, was
used to evaluate the informativeness and efficiency of the connected speech of 20 non-brain …

The effect of speech sample size on the test-retest stability of two measures of connected
speech—words per minute (WPM) and percent of words that are correct information units …

The purpose of this study was to develop a technique for quantifying connected speech
samples of aphasic individuals as they recover from the moderate to the mild range of …

A standard rule-based system was used to evaluate the presence, accuracy, and
completeness of main concepts in the connected speech of 20 non-brain-damaged adults …

Measuring communicative informativeness under conversational discourse conditions is
perhaps the most valid means of determining the interpersonal verbal communication …

Groups of aphasic patients and their spouses generated a series of communication
situations that they felt were important in their day-to-day life. Using criteria to ensure that the …

This study reports the reliability and concurrent validity of the information units (IU) metric as
an efficient method for quantifying the amount of information comprehended and reproduced …

Correct information unit (CIU) and main event analyses are quantitative measures for
analyzing discourse of individuals with aphasia. Comparative data from healthy younger …

Abstract The Shewan Spontaneous Language Analysis (SSLA) system is designed to
described and quantify aphasic subjects' connected language using a picture description …

The reliability and validity characteristics of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) are
described. High internal consistency measures and high test-retest reliability argue for …