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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2009 Dec 22;47(3):342–352. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2009.12.001

Table 1.

Accuracy Rates as a Function of Lexical Variables

Pattern 1: Impaired access to lexical representations with reliance on intact sublexical phonology-to-orthography
conversion (POC)
Patient (PPA Variant) Words vs Pseudowords High Prob vs Low Proba Concrete vs. Abstract 4-letter vs. 8-letter

BNR (LPA) 56.0 vs. 61.8%; ns 83.3 vs. 51.3%; p<0.005 66.7 vs. 42.9%; ns 57.1 vs. 42.9%; ns
JRH (LPA) 63.1 vs 91.2%; p<0.005 93.3 vs. 63.8%; p<0.005 52.4 vs. 57.1%; ns 64.3 vs. 42.9%; ns
LLD (LPA) 76.2 vs 88.2%; ns 83.3 vs. 71.3%; ns 71.4 vs. 81.0%; ns 64.3 vs. 85.7%; ns
RPN (LPA) 56.0 vs 91.2%; p<0.001 83.3 vs. 70%; ns 47.6 vs. 38.1%; ns DNCb
RLP (SD) 9.5 vs 38.2%; p<0.001 10 vs. 10%; ns 0 vs. 14%; ns 0 vs. 0%; ns
RMR (SD) 73.8 vs. 58.8%; ns 100 vs. 82.5%; p<0.015 76.2 vs. 52.4%; ns 78.6 vs. 42.9%; p<0.04
JAN (UN)c 70.2 vs. DNC DNC 95.2 vs. 61.9%; p<0.01 DNC
MJE (UN) 72.6 vs. 82.4%; ns 83.3 vs. 67.5%; ns 66.7 vs. 71.4%; ns 64.3 vs. 64.3%; ns
Pattern 2: Impaired access to lexical representations and complete disruption of sublexical POC mechanisms
Patient (PPA Variant) Words vs. Pseudowords High Prob vs. Low Prob Concrete vs. Abstract 4-letter vs. 8-letter

VBN (PNFA) 51.2 vs. 0%; p<0.05 43.3 vs. 47.5%; ns 76.2 vs. 47.6%; ns 50.0 vs. 57.1%; ns
Pattern 3: Impaired access to lexical-semantic representations and/or lexical representations with partially spared
sublexical POC mechanisms
Patient (PPA Variant) Words vs Pseudowords High Prob vs. Low Prob Concrete vs. Abstract 4-letter vs. 8-letter

FHY (LPA) 90 vs 61.8%; p<0.001 93.3 vs. 88.8%; ns 95.2 vs. 81.0%; ns 100 vs. 78.6; ns
FSE (LPA) 65.5 vs 61.8%; ns 80.0 vs. 83.8%; ns 90.5 vs. 52.4%; p<0.01 85.7 vs. 92.9%; ns
JBH (LPA) 94.0 vs DNC 86.7 vs. 96.3%; ns 100 vs. 81.0%; ns 100 vs. 100%; ns
SRR (LPA) 66.7 vs 26.5%; p<0.001 60 vs. 70%; ns 100 vs. 76.2%; ns 85.6 vs. 92.9%; ns
TEY (SD) 78.6 vs 73.5%; ns 73.3 vs. 80%; ns 90.5 vs. 90.5%; ns 64.3 vs. 78.6%; ns
EMY (UN) 90.5 vs DNC DNC 100 vs. 95%; ns 100 vs. 92.9%; ns
MRN (UN) 96.4 vs 85.3%; p<0.05 93.3 vs. 95%; ns 100 vs. 95.2%; ns 100 vs. 100%; ns
Pattern 4: Impairment at the level of the graphemic buffer
Patient (PPA Variant) Words vs Pseudowords High Prob vs. Low Prob Concrete vs. Abstract 4-letter vs. 8-letter

BKK (SD) 34.5 vs 47.1%; ns 63.3 vs. 51.3%; ns 33.3 vs. 19%; ns 50 vs. 21.4%; ns
GAR (LPA) 67.9 vs 70.6%; ns DNC 52.4 vs. 57.1%; ns DNC
ENN (SD) 75.0 vs DNC DNC 76.2 vs. 76.2%; ns 85.6 vs. 71.4%; ns
DNN (PNFA) 77.4 vs DNC 93.3 vs. 81.3%; ns 76.2 vs. 47.6%; ns 85.7 vs. 35.7%; p<0.01
LBY (UN) 28.1 vs 44%; ns DNC DNC DNC
a

high prob vs low prob= high probability of correct spelling by applying the most frequent phonology-orthography correspondences

b

DNC= did not complete testing

c

UN= unclassifiable