Communicative skills in chronic and severe nonfluent aphasia.
A diagnostic tool was developed for the investigation of communicative skills in nonfluent aphasic patients suffering from moderate or severe language deficits. Communicative skills and neurolinguistic deficits were assessed in 20 patients suffering from Broca's or global aphasia. Comparative data analysis revealed remarkably low correlations between communicative and neurolinguistic deficits. In nonfluent aphasic patients with severe linguistic impairment communicative abilities and non- and paralinguistic compensatory efforts and skills accounted for their efficient performance.
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Department of Rehabilitation Psychology, Freiburg University, FRG.
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Johannsen-Horbach
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology*; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000523:psychology*; D003142:Communication; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009633:Nonverbal Communication; D010865:Pilot Projects; D013068:Speech Production Measurement