Table 12.

Span Measures with Linguistic Variations: Mean Span with Standard Deviation (SD), Range and Median (Mdn)

a. Digit and Word Span
	Participants with Aphasia (n = 36)				Control Participants (n = 16)
	Digits		Words		Digits		Words
	Pointing	Repetition	Pointing	Repetition	Pointing	Repetition	Pointing	Repetition
Mean Span	3.40	3.78	3.06	3.17	6.69	6.69	5.60	5.60
SD	1.68	1.59	1.21	1.30	0.66	0.62	0.81	1.18
Range	1.00–6.80	1.20–7.00	1.00–5.50	1.00–6.00	4.60–7.00	4.60–7.00	4.00–7.00	3.00–7.00
Mdn	3.20	3.50	2.80	2.80	7.00	7.00	5.50	5.60

b. Repetition Span for Words Varied for Frequency and Imageability
	Participants with Aphasia (n = 36)				Control Participants (n = 9)
	Frequency and Imageability Type				Frequency and Imageability Type
	HF/HI	HF/LI	LF/HI	LF/LI	HF/HI	HF/LI	LF/HI	LF/LI
Mean Span	2.63	2.35	2.34	2.13	4.93	4.80	4.78	4.51
SD	1.3	1.37	1.17	1.31	0.75	0.90	0.76	0.76
Range	0.00–5.00	0.00–4.80	0.00–4.40	0.00–4.80	4.00–6.00	3.80–6.00	4.00–6.00	3.40–5.40
Mdn	2.80	2.40	2.40	2.00	5.00	5.00	4.80	4.80

c. Word and Nonword Repetition Span
	Participants with Aphasia (n = 36)		Control Participants (n = 16)
	Word	Nonword	Word	Nonword
Mean Span	2.79	1.55	4.84	2.92
SD	1.14	1.00	0.24	0.68
Range	0.50–5.00	0.20–4.40	4.20–5.00	1.60–3.80
Mdn	2.70	1.40	5.00	2.90

d. Probe Memory Span
	Participants with Aphasia (n = 39)		Control Participants
	Semantic	Phonological	Semantic (n = 15)	Phonological (n = 16)
Mean Span	2.97	3.22	6.10	6.70
SD	1.79	2.31	0.82	0.84
Range	0.00–7.00	0.00–7.00	4.64–7.00	3.73–7.00
Mdn	2.71	2.97	5.88	7.00

Note. a – c = spans based on recall in serial order and d = probe span (recognition recall).