Pragmatic Language Skills Case Study
d) Overall pragmatic language scores in male and female adults with spastic cerebral palsy.
Overall pragmatic language skills includes total scores in each of the three aspects of pragmatic protocol checklist and the total scores obtained by combining all the three aspects in both the groups. Verbal, paralinguistic and nonverbal aspects reflects the overall pragmatic skills acquired in adults. Descriptive statistics results as observed from Table 5.10 and 5.11 mean scores indicated low mean scores of males than females in 2 aspects i.e. verbal and paralinguistic aspects; it also indicated superior skills of males in non-verbal aspects. While to compare the three aspects nonverbal skills are better acquired and used by cerebral palsy adults due motor impairment and other issues like vision and mental retardation many of the adults chose to use noon verbal mode and have limited speech.
TWO-WAY ANOVA results from Table 5.12 in males and females indicated that in terms of comparing the 3 aspects i.e. verbal, paralinguistic and non-verbal aspects there is a significant difference found within the aspects of pragmatic language skills as p-value is 0.0007 which is less than 0.05 hence a significant difference found.
While according to the table 5.12, p-value is 0.57 which is greater with respect to sample in the results indicating that there is …show more content…
Turkstra et al. (2016) on pragmatic communication ability and its disorders, as a resource for rehabilitation team members. Through this they guide the assessment of pragmatic communication ability, describe the developmental progression of pragmatic skills and expectations for children and adults, and also discuss current assessment approaches. Hence they stated that an understanding of pragmatic communication disorders may assist all rehabilitation team members, as impairments in this domain may have significant effects on rehabilitation progress and
Overall pragmatic language skills includes total scores in each of the three aspects of pragmatic protocol checklist and the total scores obtained by combining all the three aspects in both the groups. Verbal, paralinguistic and nonverbal aspects reflects the overall pragmatic skills acquired in adults. Descriptive statistics results as observed from Table 5.10 and 5.11 mean scores indicated low mean scores of males than females in 2 aspects i.e. verbal and paralinguistic aspects; it also indicated superior skills of males in non-verbal aspects. While to compare the three aspects nonverbal skills are better acquired and used by cerebral palsy adults due motor impairment and other issues like vision and mental retardation many of the adults chose to use noon verbal mode and have limited speech.
TWO-WAY ANOVA results from Table 5.12 in males and females indicated that in terms of comparing the 3 aspects i.e. verbal, paralinguistic and non-verbal aspects there is a significant difference found within the aspects of pragmatic language skills as p-value is 0.0007 which is less than 0.05 hence a significant difference found.
While according to the table 5.12, p-value is 0.57 which is greater with respect to sample in the results indicating that there is …show more content…
Turkstra et al. (2016) on pragmatic communication ability and its disorders, as a resource for rehabilitation team members. Through this they guide the assessment of pragmatic communication ability, describe the developmental progression of pragmatic skills and expectations for children and adults, and also discuss current assessment approaches. Hence they stated that an understanding of pragmatic communication disorders may assist all rehabilitation team members, as impairments in this domain may have significant effects on rehabilitation progress and