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- Title
Conducting Qualitative Interview Research With People With Expressive Language Difficulties.
- Authors
Lloyd, Vicki; Gatherer, Amanda; Kalsy, Sunny
- Abstract
Despite the increasing application of qualitative interviewing and analysis approaches, individuals with expressive language difficulties are still frequently excluded from such research. In this article, the authors seek to clarify the role for and importance of conducting qualitative interviews with respondents with impaired expressive language. They review current research with reference to studies conducted with individuals with intellectual disabilities or dementia, or those who have experienced stroke or traumatic brain injury, and identify deficits within existing research. They consider the challenges and difficulties that contribute to the limited inclusion of individuals with impaired expressive communication in qualitative interviews and discuss the way forward with suggestions of possible means of overcoming these obstacles. They argue that a willingness to adapt methods appropriately and to modify expectations is an important factor in ensuring that researchers hear the voice of respondents with expressive language deficits.
- Subjects
INTERVIEWING; LANGUAGE disorders; QUALITATIVE research; COMMUNICATIVE disorders; RESEARCH
- Publication
Qualitative Health Research, 2006, Vol 16, Issue 10, p1386
- ISSN
1049-7323
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.1177/1049732306293846