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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cortex. 2017 Jun 27;94:27–38. doi: 10.1016/j.cortex.2017.06.003

Table 2.

Assessment of MS’s language abilities at the age of 77. MS exhibited mild deficits in word retrieval, while semantic knowledge was generally intact. No difficulties were found in auditory and written comprehension and repetition abilities.

Linguistic domain Test Raw score
Naming BNT
Spontaneous correct 16/30
Correct w/semantic cue 1/14
Correct w/phonemic cue 8/13
Correct given multiple choice 5/5
Object knowledge Pyramids Palm Trees: 3-picture version 42/52
Auditory comprehension WAB: Sequential Commands 80/80
Auditory single word comprehension CSMB: Category Comprehension 63/64
Living 31/32
Manmade 32/32
Reading WAB: Comprehension of Sentences 32/40
WAB: Reading Commands 20/20
Repetition WAB: Repetition 100/100

BNT: Boston Naming Test (Goodglass et al., 2001; Kaplan et al., 1983); WAB: Western Aphasia Battery (Risser & Spreen, 1985); CSMB: Cambridge Semantic Memory Battery (Adlam et al., 2010; Hodges & Patterson, 1995).