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Eficiența metodei de analiză a trăsăturilor semantice (SFA) în terapia afaziei expresive (tip Broca)

The Effectiveness of the Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) Method in the Treatment of Expressive Aphasia (Broca Type)”

Mihaela CHISCĂREANU
Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of the Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA) method in language rehabilitation for a patient diagnosed with expressive aphasia (Broca’s type), within the framework of early post-stroke speech-language intervention. The methodological originality lies in the systematic application of the SFA technique during the early stage of neurological recovery, capitalizing on the spontaneous neuroplasticity window. The case study demonstrates a significant improvement in naming ability, verbal fluency, and communicative initiative after 12 weeks of intensive therapy. The therapeutic approach integrated speech-language, neuropsychological, and family-based perspectives within an interdisciplinary setting. This research contributes significantly to the validation of SFA implementation in Romanian speech-language pathology practice and underscores the importance of early intervention in aphasia to maximize functional recovery outcomes.

Keywords: expressive aphasia, Semantic Feature Analysis, early intervention, post-stroke rehabilitation, naming, verbal fluency
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DOI:10.26744/rrttlc.2026.12.1.03
Published on line: 03/31/2026

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Fluența verbală (semantică și fonemică)

Verbal fluency – semantic and phonemic

Carolina BODEA-HAȚEGAN
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This article defines verbal fluency, with both its ways: semantic verbal fluency and phonemic verbal fluency trying to answer to the fallowing question „Is Verbal fluency and indicator for linguistic or a cognitive development?”. In order to answer this question this article mentions lots of researches regarding all the area in which verbal fluency tests are used. Among these areas we can mention: linguistic area, neuropsychological area, psychiatric area. The practical aspect regrading verbal fluency is ensured through the proposed assessment and training tasks both for semantic and phonemic verbal fluency. The way Romanian psychological tests compress verbal fluency is another aspect approached in this article, in order to ensure for the reader, the possibility to have a global image about verbal fluency and its concert materializations.

Keywords: verbal fluency, semantic verbal fluency, phonemic verbal fluency, executive functioning, language development.
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DOI: 10.26744/rrttlc.2018.4.2.10

Published on line: 31/10/2018

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