title: Comprehension and storage of four serially presented radio news stories by mild aphasic subjects.
abstract: The present study investigated aphasic subjects' ability to comprehend and store serially presented discourse. Sixteen mild aphasic subjects, eight age-matched normals, and eight younger normals listened to four serially presented radio news stories and a single radio news story. Half of the aphasic subjects performed as well as age-matched normals in a single-news-story comprehension task. However, they demonstrated a drastic deterioration in performance when asked to listen to a series of four news stories. Age-matched normals, and aphasic subjects, to a lesser extent, showed an impairment in the comprehension and storage of the news story heard last in a series of four news stories. These results were discussed in terms of the comprehension and storage resources of working memory.
authors: Department of Rehabilitation, Chiba Rosai Hospital, Ichihara-shi, Japan. fwkk5911@mb.infoweb.ne.jp
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Yasuda
authors: T
authors: T
authors: Nakamura
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Beckman
mesh_terms: D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011845:Radio; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires