Interactive Guided Imagery: Applications In Speech-Language Pathology
Date of Graduation
Spring 2001
Degree
Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Department
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Committee Chair
Julie Stierwalt
Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if the use of Interactive Guided Imagery would increase the communicative output of a client who was nonverbal secondary to a severe brain-injury. Twenty-one treatment sessions were recorded to measure the number of unsolicited vocalizations, number of intelligible yes/no approximations, and latency of verbal responses. Responses were also categorized by conversational topic. These measures were compared to questionnaires regarding sleep, nutrition, pain, medication cycles, and psychological factors that were completed by the participant's mother. When the initial half of the treatment sessions were compared to the final half, no significant differences were found in the dependent measures. Based on these results, the hypothesis that imagery might increase the communicative output of this nonverbal brain injured client was not supported.
Subject Categories
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Copyright
© Kimberly Singleton
Recommended Citation
Singleton, Kimberly, "Interactive Guided Imagery: Applications In Speech-Language Pathology" (2001). MSU Graduate Theses/Dissertations. 1916.
https://bearworks.missouristate.edu/theses/1916
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