AphasiaBank: A Shared Database for the Study of Aphasic Communication

描述(申请人提供)：失语症资料库是一个共享的多媒体互动数据库，用于研究失语症中的交流。这项工作的目标是改进以患者为中心的失语症治疗。为了实现这一目标，我们必须巩固支持我们对失语症沟通理解的经验数据库。我们的七个具体目标是：1.核心议定书数据库的开发。我们将继续扩大核心数据库，以包括更多的参与者、语言、双语类型和临床类型。2.额外的数据库开发。我们将开发额外的标准来创建数据库，这些数据库可以包括测试数据、成像数据和来自严重失语症参与者的数据。3.自动分析。我们将构建工具，用于自动计算对临床诊断和恢复过程敏感的评分。4.传播。我们将通过个人接触、研讨会、手册、期刊出版物和互联网下载来传播数据、工具和方法。我们将为培训和教学建设教材。我们将特别重视向服务于少数群体的机构传播这些工具。5.跨项目联动。我们将把英语失语症银行数据库链接到痴呆症银行、TBI银行、流利银行和AAC银行项目中的新兴数据库。6.辨证分型。利用这些新的措施和不断扩大的数据库，我们将与联盟成员合作，开发基于症状的患者分类和诊断的新方法。7.定性分析。我们将开发研究失语症患者如何通过手势、脚手架和增强型交流设备实现交流的方法。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Aphasia Bank is a shared database of multimedia interactions for the study of communication in aphasia. The goal of this work is the improvement of patient- oriented treatment of aphasia. To reach that goal, we must solidify the empirical database supporting our understanding of communication in aphasia. Our seven specific aims are: 1. Core Protocol database development. We will continue to expand the core database to include additional participants, languages, bilingual types, and clinical types. 2. Additional database development. We will develop additional standards for creating databases that can include test data, imaging data, and data from participants with severe aphasia. 3. Automatic analysis. We will construct tools for automatic computation of scales sensitive to clinical diagnosis and the measurement of recovery processes. 4. Dissemination. We will disseminate the data, tools, and methods through personal contact, workshops, manuals, journal publications, and downloads over the Internet. We will construct materials for training and teaching. We will place particular emphasis on dissemination of these tools to institutions serving minority populations. 5. Cross-project linkage. We will link the English Aphasia Bank database to emerging databases in the Dementia Bank, TBI Bank, Fluency Bank, and AAC Bank projects. 6. Syndrome classification. Using these new measures and the growing database, we will work with consortium members to develop new approaches to syndrome-based patient classification and diagnosis. 7. Qualitative Analysis. We will develop methods for examining how people with aphasia achieve communication through gesture, scaffolding, and augmentative communication devices.