Interaction of discourse processing impairments, communicative participation, and verbal executive functions in people with chronic traumatic brain injury.

Introduction: Especially in the chronic phase, individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) (IwTBI) may still have impairments at the discourse level, even if these remain undetected by conventional aphasia tests. As a consequence, IwTBI may be impaired in conversational behavior and disadvantaged in their socio-communicative participation. Even though handling discourse is thought to be a basic requirement for participation and quality of life, only a handful of test procedures assessing discourse disorders have been developed so far.

The MAKRO Screening - an assessment tool for discourse deficits in adults with dysexecutive symptoms following TBI.

Introduction: Discourse impairments are common sequelae following TBI. Even though handling discourse is thought to be a basic requirement for social participation and quality of life, few test procedures to assess discourse disorders have been developed so far.

Objective: The main aim of this prospective cohort study was to evaluate the use of the MAKRO Screening for detecting deficits in discourse production and reception in a group of participants with TBI in the post-acute and chronic phase and their relation to executive functions (EF) and severity of brain injury.