Table 1.
Clinical and demographic data with overall and subtests’ (Token Test, Comprehension, Naming, and Repetition) T-scores of the Aachen Aphasia Test, AAT (Huber et al., 1983) before and after therapy for each individual patient (Token Test T-scores indicate: severe, 0–43; moderate, 44–53; light, 54–62; or mild ≥ 63 language disorder).
| Pt. | Gender | Age | Education (years) | LQ | Diagnosis | Months after CVA | Lesion site | AAT |
TT |
Compr. |
Naming |
Repetition |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | Pre- | Post- | ||||||||
| 1 | F | 41 | 18 | 60 | mild Broca’s aphasia | 97 | LIFG, left IPC, and left STG | 58.3 | 63.5 | 51 | 58 | 70 | 66 | 53 | 64 | 59 | 66 |
| 2 | M | 49 | 13 | 100 | mild Broca’s aphasia | 52 | LIFG and left STG | 57.3 | 61.8 | 51 | 54 | 64 | 69 | 53 | 62 | 61 | 62 |
| 3 | M | 54 | 21 | 100 | mild-moderate Broca’s aphasia | 49 | Left MCA territory, extending from left frontal to parietal area and TP | 52.8 | 56.5 | 48 | 53 | 62 | 64 | 56 | 58 | 45 | 51 |
| 4 | M | 32 | 14 | 80 | mild Broca’s aphasia | 40 | LIFG and left IPC, insula | 61.3 | 64.8 | 56 | 58 | 78 | 78 | 57 | 66 | 54 | 57 |
| 5 | M | 73 | 19 | 100 | severe global aphasia | 61 | Left MCA territory, extending from left frontal to parietal area, STG, and insula | 39.5 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 34 | 41 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 46 |
| 6 | M | 51 | 12 | 100 | moderate Broca’s aphasia | 42 | LIFG and left STG and MFG extending to insula | 48.5 | 58.3 | 51 | 54 | 49 | 60 | 49 | 69 | 45 | 50 |
| 7 | M | 63 | 13 | 100 | moderate Broca’s aphasia | 31 | LIFG and left STG, insula | 50.8 | 57.8 | 54 | 53 | 48 | 57 | 49 | 59 | 52 | 62 |
| 8 | F | 47 | 12 | 80 | mild Broca’s aphasia | 245 | Left MCA territory, extending from left frontal to parietal area and STG, MTG | 61.0 | 64.0 | 55 | 59 | 62 | 65 | 68 | 71 | 59 | 61 |
| 9 | F | 37 | 11 | 100 | mild-moderate Broca’s aphasia | 30 | LIFG and left STG | 54.3 | 58.8 | 54 | 58 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 61 | 53 | 59 |
| 10 | M | 65 | 25 | 80 | moderate Broca’s aphasia | 239 | Left MCA territory, extending from left frontal to left temporal and IPC | 48.5 | 51.0 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 46 | 49 | 52 | 56 |
| Mean ± SD | 51.2 ± 13 | 15.8 ± 4.7 | 90 ± 14.1 | 88.6 ± 83 | 53.2 ± 6.7 | 57.8 ± 6.9 | 50.8 ± 4.5 | 53.6 ± 5.6 | 57.3 ± 12.7 | 61 ± 10 | 52.5 ± 7.2 | 60 ± 9.3 | 52.2 ± 6.5 | 60 ± 9.3 | |||
Pt., Patient; LQ, laterality Quotient; AAT, Aachen Aphasia Test; TT, Token Test; Compr., Comprehension; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; LIFG, left inferior frontal gyrus; STG, superior temporal gyrus; IPC, inferior parietal cortex; TP, temporal pole; MCA, middle cerebral artery; SD, standard deviation.