Table 2.

Results of linguistic assessments for participants with global aphasia

Lexical TestsChance ScoreS.A.P.R.
ADA spoken word to picture matching 16.5 60/66* 61/66* 
ADA written word to picture matching 16.5 62/66* 66/66* 
ADA spoken synonym matching 80 123/160* 113/160* 
ADA written synonym matching 80 121/160* 145/160* 
PALPA 54 spoken picture naming n/a 0/60 0/60 
PALPA 54 written picture naming n/a 24/60 2/60 
  
Syntactic Tests 
Comprehension of spoken reversible sentences 50 49/100 38/100 
Comprehension of written reversible sentences 50 42/100 49/100 
Written grammaticality judgments 20 26/40* 21/40 
  
Verbal Working Memory 
PALPA 13-digit span (recognition) n/a 3 items 4 items 
Lexical TestsChance ScoreS.A.P.R.
ADA spoken word to picture matching 16.5 60/66* 61/66* 
ADA written word to picture matching 16.5 62/66* 66/66* 
ADA spoken synonym matching 80 123/160* 113/160* 
ADA written synonym matching 80 121/160* 145/160* 
PALPA 54 spoken picture naming n/a 0/60 0/60 
PALPA 54 written picture naming n/a 24/60 2/60 
  
Syntactic Tests 
Comprehension of spoken reversible sentences 50 49/100 38/100 
Comprehension of written reversible sentences 50 42/100 49/100 
Written grammaticality judgments 20 26/40* 21/40 
  
Verbal Working Memory 
PALPA 13-digit span (recognition) n/a 3 items 4 items 

Note. The tests were taken from the Action for Dysphasic Adults (ADA) Auditory Comprehension Battery (Franklin et al., 1992) and the Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA; Kay et al., 1992) or developed for the purpose of the study.

*

Indicates above chance performance (p < 0.05).

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