The use of drawing as communication in aphasias

Authors

  • Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas Cardoso Centro Universitario Metodista IPA
  • Marlise Bisso Centro Universitario Metodista IPA
  • Adrian Conci Braga Centro Universitário Metodista IPA

Keywords:

Aphasia, Writing, Language, Discourse

Abstract

Aphasia is a language disorder caused by neurological diseases. It affects language in written and oral aspects. This paper aims to analyze drawings used by aphasics as written communication. Eight aphasic participants were asked to write four words and one sentence derived from a picture shown. The results were the following: three participants did not show any disturbance in production and were able to understand the oral request; two participants did drawings only; two others produced both drawings and written answers; one of them only wrote, without drawing. The data brought by the study consolidate the idea of a (re)signification of the language used by this population.

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Author Biographies

Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas Cardoso, Centro Universitario Metodista IPA

Fonoaudióloga Clínica, Doutoranda em Gerontologia Biomédica (PUCRS); Mestre em Distúrbios da Comunicação Humana – UFSM/ RS, Especializaçao em Alfabetizaçao (PUCRS); Educaçao Pre-escolar (PUCRS); Reabilitaçao em Fonoaudiologia enfase em linguagem (IMEC); Reabilitaçao em Fonoaudiologia - enfase em voz (IMEC); docente do curso de graduaçao Fonoaudiologia do Centro Universitário Metodista IPA de Porto Alegre /RS; docente da pós graduaçao em Fonoaudiologia Hospitalar do Centro Universitario Metodista IPA de Porto Alegre/RS.

Marlise Bisso, Centro Universitario Metodista IPA

Bacharel em Fonoaudiologia; formanda em 2011 do Centro Universitario Metodista IPA

Adrian Conci Braga, Centro Universitário Metodista IPA

Bacharel em Fonoaudiologia; formando em 2011 pelo Centro Universitario Metodista IPA

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Published

2012-01-31

How to Cite

Cardoso, M. C. de A. F., Bisso, M., & Braga, A. C. (2012). The use of drawing as communication in aphasias. Letras De Hoje, 47(1), 39–44. Retrieved from https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/fale/article/view/9585

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2012): Linguagem e cognição: Interfaces entre Linguística, Psicologia e Neurociências

Section

Language and cognition: interfaces between Linguistics, Psychology and Neuroscience

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