Title: Transcriptionless discourse analysis realising the clinicians dream
1- Transcription-less discourse analysis
realising the clinicians dream?
M Brady,1 L Armstrong, 1,2 C Mackenzie, 3 J
Norrie 4
1 Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions
Research Unit 2 Speech and Language Therapy, NHS
Tayside 3 Division of Speech and Language
Therapy, University of Strathclyde 4 Centre for
Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) Health
Services Research Unit, Aberdeen University
Views expressed are those of the authors and not
necessarily those of the Chief Scientist Office
2Background
- Discourse Analysis (DA) is essentially seen as
clinical research tool rather than a clinical
tool - Transcription preceding DA seen as time consuming
- Recent work (turn-taking and gesture use) showed
potential of transcription-less approach - Overview of results with full details available
in a forthcoming Aphasiology paper
3Objective
- To demonstrate the reliability and validity of
transcription-less DA
4Participants
- 10 individuals living in Tayside (Scotland)
- Right handed
- Mild-moderate post-stroke aphasia
- Current or recently past speech and language
therapy clients - Audio- and video-recorded discourse samples
5Discourse samples
6Measures
7... more measures
8still more measures
9Analyses
- Transcription-based
- Two experienced DA raters
- Used transcripts, recordings and forms
- Transcription-less
- Four final year SLT student raters (plus one
withdrawal) - Five hours training
- Used recordings and forms only
- Inter-rater and intra-rater reliability
- Criterion validity (trans-based v trans-less
analyses)
10Results
- Transcription based analysis
- Intra-rater reliability no significant
differences - Inter-rater reliability no significant
differences - Transcription-less analyses
- Validity measured by comparing two approaches
- Reliability
- Continuous measures - intra-class correlation
coefficient - Categorical measures - percentage agreement.
11Validity
- No significant differences between the scores
from the two methods.
12Reliability
- Inter-rater reliability
- Acceptable in general
- Strongest for gesture totals
- Varied for turn-taking and repair measures
- Categorical measures
- Initiation (topic and conversational)
- Concept Analysis
- Percentage agreement was good
13Results Gesture Use (totals)
14Results Topic Use (totals)
15Results Turn-taking (totals)
16Results Repair
17Conclusions
- Demonstrated potential of transcription-less
approach - Valid Approach
- None of the measures overall gave significant
differences between scores -
- Armstrong, L, Brady, M, Mackenzie, C,
Norrie, J (in press) Transcription-less analysis
of aphasic discourse a clinicians dream or a
possibility? Aphasiology.
18Acknowledgements
- Participants
- Forth Valley Speakability
- New and Emerging Applications of Technology,
Department of Health, UK - Transcription-less raters
- Claire Higgins, Dorothy Russell, Kirsty
McLaughlan, Lesley Garret and Sharon Nelson - Transcription work - Caitriona Hutton
19- Transcription-less discourse analysis
realising the clinicians dream?
M Brady,1 L Armstrong, 1,2 C Mackenzie, 3 J
Norrie 4
1 Nursing Midwifery and Allied Health Professions
Research Unit 2 Speech and Language Therapy, NHS
Tayside 3 Division of Speech and Language
Therapy, University of Strathclyde 4 Centre for
Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT) Health
Services Research Unit, Aberdeen University
Views expressed are those of the authors and not
necessarily those of the Chief Scientist Office
20still more measures
21Results Gesture Use (totals)
22Topic use validity and reliability measures for
the transcription-less method