Table 2.

Mean and variance for each patient on structural, content and rate measures tested at Baseline (n=8 sessions) and post-SentenceShaper training on repeated narratives (n=3–5 assessments) The Christmas Story and The Velveteen Rabbit (Data from ten normal control subjects on first elicitation of the same narratives)

	Mean S length	Prop. Wds/Ss	Prop. Ss WF	Prop. CIUs	WPM	Narrative WPM	CIUs per min.
CONTROL SUBJECTS mean(var)	10.33 (11.54)	.96 (.03)	.81 (.03)	.84 (.002)	164 (114)	146 (670)	129 (404)
ER
mean (var) baseline	4.95(.40)	.71(.01)	.55(.01)	.45(.002)	25.75(19.31)	19.09(15.70)	10.94(9.77)
mean (var) post (N=5)	4.63(.09)	.82(.002)	.59(.02)	.48(.01)	29.30(23.02)	23.42(25.60)	13.67(21.50)
t(df)	t=1.02(11)	t=−2.16(11)	t=−.51(11)	t=.60(11)	t=−1.37(11)	t=−1.73(11)	t=−1.28(11)
p value	0.16	0.03	0.31	0.28	0.1	0.06	0.11
MR
mean (var) baseline	5.44(.32)	.61(.010)	.16(.009)	.51(.008)	28.79(12.89)	20.96(11.13)	14.28(15.76)
mean (var) post (N=4)	6.85(.17)	.85(.006)	.59(.002)	.57(.0009)	37.42(6.51)	27.61(2.30)	20.88(2.18)
t(df)	t=−4.39(10)	t=−4.12(10)	t=−8.49(10)	t=−1.30(10)	t=−4.25(10)	t=−3.73(10)	t=−3.15(10)
p value	0.0007	0.001	<.0001	0.11	0.0008	0.002	0.005
HD
mean (var) baseline	6.00(.23)	.87(.01)	.58(.01)	.66(.001)	27.86(12.52)	22.53(14.30)	18.57(4.79)
mean (var) post (N=5)	7.12(.33)	.96(.002)	.77(.02)	.76(.003)	25.85(5.52)	22.04(7.47)	18.21(25.96)
t(df)	t=−3.80(11)	t=−1.77(11)	t=−2.51(11)	t=−4.05(11)	t=1.12(11)	t=.25(11)	t=.18(11)
p value	0.001	0.05	0.01	0.0009	0.14	0.40	0.43
KR
mean (var) baseline	8.23(.28)	.85(.003)	.39(.008)	.41(.006)	26.30(17.13)	14.92(10.17)	10.89(15.95)
mean (var) post (N=3)	10.44(.22)	.95(.004)	.46(.02)	.53(.004)	39.29(9.91)	26.23(14.97)	22.26(3.78)
t(df)	t=−6.30(9)	t=−2.55(9)	t=−1.01(9)	t=−2.29(9)	t=−4.87(9)	t=−4.99(9)	t=−4.62(9)
p value	<.0001	0.02	0.17	0.02	0.0004	0.0004	0.0006
NA
mean(var) baseline	7.21(1.11)	.87(.003)	.46(.01)	.63(.004)	75.24(126)	60.46(96.39)	47.49(47.59)
mean(var) post (N=4)	6.62(.09)	.84(.002)	.54(.002)	.64(.003)	70.03(49.74)	55.00(80.10)	41.27(50.82)
t(df)	t=1.07(10)	t=.82(10)	t=−1.27(10)	t=−.10(10)	t=.84(10)	t=.93(10)	t=1.46(10)
p value	0.15	0.22	0.12	0.46	0.21	0.19	0.09
SL
mean(var) baseline	8.67(1.35)	.95(.003)	.62(.02)	.29(.02)	59.58(49.72)	47.21(58.59)	16.79(62.87)
mean(var) post (N=4)	8.79(3.88)	.96(.001)	.69(.008)	.46(.02)	63.23(23.02)	52.53(66.94)	27.72(74.06)
t(df)	t=−.14(10)	t=−.34(10)	t=−1.02(10)	t=−2.27(10)	t=−.92(10)	t=−1.11(10)	t=−2.19(10)
p value	0.45	0.37	0.17	0.02	0.19	0.15	0.03