Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect?
ABSTRACT Background: Language tests are important in the assessment and follow up of people with aphasia (PWA). However, language assessment in the low literacy population is still a challenge. Objective: To investigate whether a formal evaluation of aphasia is able to distinguish the neurological e...
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| author | Natalia Malagueta de MEDEIROS Karin Zazo ORTIZ |
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| description | ABSTRACT Background: Language tests are important in the assessment and follow up of people with aphasia (PWA). However, language assessment in the low literacy population is still a challenge. Objective: To investigate whether a formal evaluation of aphasia is able to distinguish the neurological effect from the effect of low educational level in people with post-stroke aphasia. Methods: The sample consisted of a group of 30 aphasic subjects (AG) and a control group (CG) of 36 individuals, both with an educational level of 1-4 years. The Brazilian Montreal-Toulouse Language Assessment battery was applied to all subjects. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the groups in 19 out of the 20 tasks analyzed. Conclusions: These results suggest that formal evaluation procedures are able to detect language disorders resulting from stroke, even in subjects with low educational level. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a7ae38b1ea9e43618f12f792acd6d92c2025-08-20T02:20:57ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272022-03-0180212512810.1590/0004-282x-anp-2020-0475Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect?Natalia Malagueta de MEDEIROShttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-2769Karin Zazo ORTIZhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0796-3948ABSTRACT Background: Language tests are important in the assessment and follow up of people with aphasia (PWA). However, language assessment in the low literacy population is still a challenge. Objective: To investigate whether a formal evaluation of aphasia is able to distinguish the neurological effect from the effect of low educational level in people with post-stroke aphasia. Methods: The sample consisted of a group of 30 aphasic subjects (AG) and a control group (CG) of 36 individuals, both with an educational level of 1-4 years. The Brazilian Montreal-Toulouse Language Assessment battery was applied to all subjects. Results: There were statistically significant differences between the groups in 19 out of the 20 tasks analyzed. Conclusions: These results suggest that formal evaluation procedures are able to detect language disorders resulting from stroke, even in subjects with low educational level.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2022000200125&lng=en&tlng=enAphasiaLanguageEducation |
| spellingShingle | Natalia Malagueta de MEDEIROS Karin Zazo ORTIZ Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria Aphasia Language Education |
| title | Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? |
| title_full | Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? |
| title_fullStr | Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? |
| title_short | Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect? |
| title_sort | formal language assessment in low educated persons with aphasia can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect |
| topic | Aphasia Language Education |
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