Recovery process in Acquired Childhood Aphasia: An analysis using the regularized scale of the Standard Language Test of Aphasia (SLTA)

• uno Akira

  Graduate School of Comprehensive Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• Kozuka Junko

  Saitama Children's Medical Center

• Toyoshima Yoshiya

  Center of Rehabilitation, Kizawa Memorial Hospital

• Haruhara Noriko

  epartment of Rehabilitation, Saiseikai Central Hospital

• Kaneko Masato

  Department of Rehabilitation, Tokyo Metropolitan Ohtsuka Hospital

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 失語の回復プロセス　　小児失語症における回復の経過―ＳＬＴＡ総合評価尺度による分析―

Abstract

   The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors using objective methods relation to the improvement, recovery process and the mechanism of the disorder of 18 acquired childhood aphasia (ACA) with the localized lesions of the brain. We use the regularized scale of the Standard Language Test of Aphasia (SLTA) as an index. Eight ACA patients with localized lesions of the posterior part of the left brain were compared with adult aphasic patients with almost same lesions about the recovery level and process. As results, ACA patients with cerebro-vascular artery disease and trauma showed higher recovery level than those with infection. In three factors result from factor analysis, comprehension improved at first, then speech, and writing improved. Patients with ACA showed faster and higher recovery level than adult aphasics. Though the recovery level is high, the improvement was limited, and the scores of oral commands, sentence repetition, and Kanii writing were significantly lower than those of controls as well as the adult aphasic patients. The data from another cognitive neuropsychological tests suggest the possibility that the phonological and semantic disorder is likely to affect the limited improvement.

Journal

• Higher Brain Function Research

  Higher Brain Function Research 24 (4), 303-314, 2004

  Japan Society for Higher Brain Dysfunction

Keywords

• Acquired Childhood Aphasia (ACA)
• recovery process
• factor on improvement
• level of improvement
• Standard Language Test of Aphasia (SLTA)

Details

• CRID: 1390282680180397440
• NII Article ID: 110007558258
• NII Article ID: 130004467526
• NII Book ID: AA1182424X
• DOI: 10.2496/hbfr.24.303
• ISSN: 18806554
• ISSN: 13484818
• Web Site: http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/10632387
• Web Site: https://search.jamas.or.jp/link/ui/2005141111
• Text Lang: ja
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