Table 1.
Assessment scores and demographics for the two participant groups.
| Variable | Longer WSD | Shorter WSD |
|---|---|---|
| WSD (ms) | ||
| Range | 313–806 | 174–295 |
| M (SD) | 417 (115) | 240 (33) |
| CHMIT-E (%) | ||
| Range | 17.0–89.5 | 34.8–94.0 |
| M (SD) | 62.0 (20.0) | 82.0 (13.0) |
| Aphasia type a (N) | ||
| Global or mixed nonfluent | 2 | 0 |
| Broca's | 14 | 4 |
| Conduction or borderline fluent | 7 | 13 |
| Anomic | 10 | 12 |
| Transcortical motor | 0 | 1 |
| Not classifiable | 0 | 3 |
| WAB-R Aphasia Quotient | ||
| Range | 23.3–97.3 | 65.4–98.0 |
| M (SD) | 68.6 (20.6) | 82.7 (11.2) |
| ADP percentile | ||
| Range | 9.0–86.0 | 32.0–99.0 |
| M (SD) | 41.2 (22.9) | 70.9 (21.0) |
| Months postonset (N) | ||
| < 12 | 8 | 13 |
| 12–24 | 7 | 4 |
| 25–36 | 6 | 5 |
| > 36 | 12 | 11 |
| Sex (N) | ||
| Female | 18 | 11 |
| Male | 15 | 22 |
| Age (years) | ||
| Range | 19–95 | 39–80 |
| M (SD) | 58 (15) | 64 (11) |
WSD = word syllable duration; CHMIT-E = Word intelligibility score from the Chapel Hill Multilingual Intelligibility Test for English; WAB-R = Western Aphasia Battery–Revised; ADP = Aphasia Diagnostic Profiles.
a
Classified using the Western Aphasia Battery–Revised for 21 participants in the longer WSD group and 18 in the shorter WSD group and using the Aphasia Diagnostic Profiles for the remaining participants (12 in the longer WSD group, 15 in the shorter WSD group).