title: Temporal clause comprehension in fluent and nonfluent aphasics.
abstract: Ten fluent and ten nonfluent aphasics participated in this study. Their ability to comprehend before and after clauses which mirrored the order of occurrence and those which did not mirror the order of events was investigated. Results indicate that type of aphasia was not a significant variable related to comprehension but that sentence type was a significant variable. Aphasics' comprehend before clauses better than after clauses. Nonfluent aphasics were able to comprehend those temporal clauses that mirror the order of occurrence better than those that do not. Order of mention was not a significant factor related to comprehension in the fluent group.
authors: Department of Speech Pathology, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23508.
authors: E P
authors: EP
authors: Abrahamsen
authors: J L
authors: JL
authors: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001041:Aphasia, Wernicke / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001288:Attention; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception