Abstract Aphasic, right-hemisphere-damaged, and non-brain-damaged subjects heard short
narrative paragraphs. Each paragraph contained four main ideas and one or more details …

Aphasic and nonaphasic listeners' comprehension of main ideas and details within coherent
and noncoherent narrative discourse was examined. Coherent paragraphs contained one …

An experiment was carried out to assess the effects of slow and fast speech rate on
comprehension of narrative discourse by aphasic, right-hemisphere-damaged, and non …

This paper reviews the literature concerning auditory comprehension of discourse by adults
with and without brain damage. It also reports the results of an investigation of …

The effects of delayed presentation of a central theme on the comprehension and
interpretation of narratives were investigated in adults with right and left hemisphere brain …

This experiment investigated whether aphasic adults' assumptions regarding listener
knowledge of the topic of discourse affects the content of their narrative discourse. Aphasic …

Auditory comprehension performance of 20 aphasic and 8 nonaphasic subjects was
analyzed in a paragraph comprehension task in which rate of speech and linguistic stress …

Aphasic and non-brain-damaged subjects listened to and retold two narrative stories three
times in succession. Both aphasic and non-brain-damaged subjects were affected by story …

The appropriateness of speech-language services for right-hemisphere-damaged (RHD)
adults has been established (Davis et al., 1981), and the deficits of their verbal discourse …

Despite gross impairment to comprehension, severe cases of aphasia nevertheless
demonstrate some retained ability to distinguish commands, yes/no questions, and …