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Adapting Sentence Therapy for Italian Aphasia: Treatment Effects and Generalization
What is it about?
This study presents the first Italian adaptation of the Treatment of Underlying Forms (TUF) for individuals with aphasia following a stroke. It investigates the treatment's efficacy in improving the production and comprehension of complex sentences (e.g., object relatives) and explores cross-linguistic differences in generalization patterns across different sentence types.
Why is it important?
We found that the Italian adaptation of TUF is effective and promotes generalization to untreated sentence types. These results led us to propose a reformulation of previous accounts of sentence treatment efficacy, suggesting a broader potential for TUF generalization. Cross-linguistic differences in the generalization patterns can be attributed to language-specific features, such as morphological richness.