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Dysarthric talk in everyday social conversation: the nature and repair of simple and complex trouble sources. Steven Bloch & Ray Wilkinson Dept of Human Communication Science University College London. Acquired progressive dysarthria in conversation.
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Dysarthric talk in everyday social conversation: the nature and repair of simple and complex trouble sources.Steven Bloch & Ray WilkinsonDept of Human Communication ScienceUniversity College London
Acquired progressive dysarthria in conversation • How is talk in conversation managed when one person has reduced speech intelligibility? • Interest in the everyday social consequences of dysarthria - how it is ‘played out’ (accomplished) by people at home? • How are problems with intelligibility, when they occur, identified and repaired by participants during conversation?
Methodology : Conversation Analysis • Three couples with MND/ALS - all experiencing mild/moderate dysarthria at recruitment stage • Videos of naturally occurring interaction • Data collected at three monthly intervals over a maximum 18-month period • Data transcribed, repeatedly viewed and analysed for different patterns of interaction through talk
Repair in conversation (Schegloff, Jefferson and Sacks 1977) • Self or other initiation of repair - someone displays a problem or trouble within current turn or in a following turn • An identified trouble source - the problem itself • Self or other completion of the repair - an attempt to resolve the trouble • Other-initiated self-repair identified as a common pattern within the data for this study
Simple (single) trouble source - Rose and Tom R: no down near Pahrnam T: near where? R: near Pahrnam T: oh so it’s not so far then R: no
Simple (single) trouble source - Mary and Stan M: a big (.) help. (2.0) S: mm? M: a big (0.5) help S: you get oh it’s a big help yeah it is
Complex (single) trouble source - Mary and Stan M: spine (2.0) S: mind the what? M: spine (1.0) S: spine? Complexity with reference to turn action and not just intelligibility
Multiple trouble source - Rose and Tom • More than one trouble source • Multiple attempts to resolve • the trouble • Resolved through serial • repair of separate elements • within the turn
Multiple trouble source - Mary and Stan M: there was a another one last week but she couldn’t settle S: she did what last week? M: (repair via speech and AAC) S: this is this woman Gladys?
Repair in dysarthria • The real social consequence of unintelligibility • Simple and multiple trouble sources • Beyond (un)intelligibility - understandability • Natural speech and AAC are NOT mutually exclusive resources • Collaborative action between participants
Implications • Understanding dysarthria beyond intelligibility measures - seeing how people ‘do dysarthria’ • Possible ideas for assessment/outcomes - participants own strategies and resources • Possible ideas for intervention - what works for each dyad? What causes problems? • Clinician doesn’t assume expertise in dyads own resources • Single and multiple NOT simple and complex!
For further information please feel free to contact: s.bloch@ucl.ac.uk