title: Crossed aphasia: an analysis of the symptoms, their frequency, and a comparison with left-hemisphere aphasia symptomatology.
abstract: This study presents a thorough analysis of published crossed aphasia (CA) cases, including for the first time the cases published in Japanese. The frequency of specific symptoms was determined, and symptomatology differences based on gender, familial sinistrality, and CA subtype were investigated. Results suggested that the CA population is comparable to the left-hemisphere patient population. However, male were significantly more likely than female CA subjects to show a positive history of familial sinistrality. Typical right-hemisphere (i.e., nonlanguage-dominant) symptoms were frequent but rarely carefully reported or assessed. Results are compared with previous CA reviews and left-hemisphere aphasia. Suggestions for a more systematic assessment of the CA symptomatology are presented.
authors.affiliation: Communication Disorders and Sciences, Plattsburgh State University of New York, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA. patrick.coppens@plattsburgh.edu
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Coppens
authors.forename: Suzanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hungerford
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yamadori
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001037:Aphasia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged