title: Auditory word comprehension impairment in acute stroke: relative contribution of phonemic versus semantic factors.
abstract: Auditory word comprehension was assessed in a series of 289 acute left hemisphere stroke patients. Participants decided whether an auditorily presented word matched a picture. On different trials, words were presented with a matching picture, a semantic foil, or a phonemic foil. Participants had significantly more trouble with semantic foils across all levels of impairment.
authors.affiliation: Center for Cognitive Neuroscience & Department of Cognitive Sciences, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA.
authors.forename: Corianne
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rogalsky
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pitz
authors.forename: Argye E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Hillis
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hickok
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001308:Auditory Perceptual Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007806:Language Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D010700:Phonetics; D012660:Semantics; D013067:Speech Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*