title: The relevance of patient individuality in the evaluation and treatment of aphasia. Case report.
abstract: The usual approach to language disorders relies on standardised evaluations in which pattern-tests characterise the subject's status according to the classical aphasiological typology. Those data are then analysed to support a traditional prevalent criterion for the distinction between "normal" and "pathological" linguistic performance, which is strictly focused on a quantitative approach. In the present study a method for evaluation and treatment of aphasia is proposed in which socio-cultural conditions are emphasised, in order to expand this conventional criterion as to encompass a qualitative (individualised) one. Although the methodology draws the attention, the results here obtained also point to the importance of re-evaluating what is presently considered as the most appropriate criterion for "normal" cognitive processes, particularly those related to language.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology and Biophysics, State University of Campinas, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Ferreira
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Timo-Iaria
mesh_terms: D018886:Aphasia, Conduction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests