Table 4

Treatment steps

Treatment steps *Description
Step 1. NamingPatient names the picture of the treated item on the screen. Clinician provides feedback.
Step 2. Feature selectionPatient reviews a list of 15 semantic features and selects the ones that do not apply to the treated item. Patient classifies the features that apply to the treated item according to their function, general characteristics, physical attributes, location and superordinate category.
Step 3. AssociationPatient provides an association between the trained item and another item/ concept and explains how the two are related.
Step 4. Yes/ no questionsPatient reviews a list of 15 semantic features and determines whether they apply or do not apply to the treated item.
Step 5. NamingPatient names the picture of the treated item on the screen.
Step 6. SentencePatient creates a short sentence with the trained word.
  • *Clinician provides feedback in all treatment steps (ie, correct response following patient’s performance).