Aphasia Screening Test performance in patients with lateralized brain damage.
Patients with lateralized stroke (N = 36) or tumor (N = 14) were compared in the frequency of errors on specific test items of the Aphasia Screening Test (Reitan, 1984). Right- and left-hemisphere damaged patients showed a statistically significant difference on only 1 of the 33 items of this measure. When items were categorized according to task type (e.g., spelling, reading, calculation, etc.) only 1 of 9 comparisons was significant. Several possible explanations for the lack of differences are discussed and suggestions offered for potential modifications to this measure.
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests