Abstract
Objectives: People with aphasia (PWA) have naming problems. During naming activities, they produce paraphasias. However, there is no significant association between paraphasia and aphasia types. This study aimed to identify the relationship between paraphasia and aphasia type, as well as the effect of cueing on naming performance. Materials and Methods: The study comprised 37 Turkish PWA who were divided into two groups: fluent and non-fluent aphasia. Participants were presented with 40 pictures and asked to name them. Cues were given in case they did not answer correctly. The participants' answers, the types of paraphasias, and how they responded to the cues were all recorded. Results: Participants in both groups significantly increased their naming performance for all words when cues were given. A total of 181 paraphasias were observed in the fluent aphasia group: Phonemic paraphasias were the most common (41.4%), followed by semantic paraphasias with 32.1%. There were 270 paraphasias in the non-fluent aphasia group, with phonemic paraphasia being the most common (60.7%). Conclusion: Phonemic and neologistic paraphasias were significantly higher in the non-fluent group. Phonemic and neologistic paraphasia is more common in those with non-fluent aphasia. This study found that the cueing method had a favourable influence on PWAs' naming performance, which is consistent with prior research.
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