Pattern of recovery of oral and written expression and comprehension in aphasic patients.
Three hundred and eighty-eight aphasic patients (250 rehabilitated and 138 non-rehabilitated) were subjected to a study whose aim was to analyze the relationship between recovery in 4 specific language skills: oral and written expression and comprehension. By means of Cohen's K coefficient of agreement we sought to ascertain whether recovery of one out of these language skills significantly affected recovery of the remaining 3 language modalities. In rehabilitated patients recovery of oral ad written comprehension and expression always turned out to be linked; in non-rehabilitated patients oral comprehension recovery was not associated with recovery of oral expression, reading and writing. Regarding the evolution of aphasia type, none of the experimental subjects changed from a fluent to a non-fluent form of aphasia.
D000381:Agraphia / Q000523:psychology*; D000849:Anomia / Q000523:psychology; D001037:Aphasia / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D001039:Aphasia, Broca / Q000523:psychology; D001041:Aphasia, Wernicke / Q000523:psychology; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000523:psychology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D004411:Dyslexia, Acquired / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D013063:Speech Discrimination Tests; D013067:Speech Perception; D013068:Speech Production Measurement