Direct Speech in Aphasic Comprehension: An Investigation of the Effects of Direct Speech Constructions on Discourse Comprehension by Individuals with Aphasia.
- Conditions
- strokeneurologische aandoeningen: afasieCVA
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON36921
- Lead Sponsor
- Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 40
Healthy controls Inclusion criteria - age between 18 and 80 - right-handed - native speaker of Dutch Patients: - aphasic due to an acute non-congenital brain damage, like CVA or contusio cerebri - native speaker of Dutch - age between 18 and 80 - minimally three months post onset - Token Test error score between 7 and 40.
Healthy controls - neurological diseases or language and/or speech problems - hearing or visual problems that influence the administration of the test patients: - psychiatric diseases - cognitive problems that influence the administration of the test (to be judged by the treating psychologist) - visual or hearing problems that influence the administration of the test - Token Test error score lower than 7 or higher than 40
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Performance on a behavioural test investigating discourse comprehension.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>For each participant, the score of the the Token Test (as included in the<br /><br>Aachen Aphasia Test, Graetz, De Bleser, Willmes & Heeschen, 1992) will be used<br /><br>(0-50). This test discriminates between aphasic and non-aphasic individuals,<br /><br>and the final score is an indicator for the severity of aphasia. </p><br>