Aphasia Recovery Process
-Study of SLTA subtest scores-
1990 Volume 31 Issue 3 Pages 287-296
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1990 Volume 31 Issue 3 Pages 287-296
The SLTA records of 40 aphasic patients were reviewed in order to clarify the aphasia recovery process.
Four recovery patterns were classified based on SLTA subtests : high score patterns and steep ascending patterns (G1), slow ascending patterns (G2), stationary patterns (P1) and low score patterns (P2) . Among these patterns, G1 and P2 reflected the severity of aphasia, while G2 and Pl seemed to relate to the aphasia recovery process.
G1, G2 and P2 reflected characteristics of aphasia types: Motor aphasias showed good auditory recognition and poor speaking ability, while sensory aphasias were inferior to motor aphasias in auditory discrimination but superior in reading aloud or repeating words.
