Table 3.
Speech and language data for each visit. Note: Maximum score noted in row header, when applicable; aphasia severity rating, where 1 = mild and 4 = severe; WAB-AQ = Western Aphasia Battery- Revised Aphasia Quotient; WAB Recognition = Recognition section of the Auditory Verbal Comprehension subtest of the WAB; PPTT = Pyramids and Palm Trees Test; BNT = Boston Naming Test, short form; NVOA = Non-verbal oral apraxia; MSD = Motor Speech Disorders Severity Rating; ASRS= Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale; AES = Articulatory Error Score; AOS = Apraxia of Speech, severity rating, where 1 = mild and 4 = severe; DNT = did not test; CND = could not determine, although test was attempted.
| Visit 1 | Visit 2 | Visit 3 | Visit 4 | Visit 5 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | PPA-U | Agrammatic aphasia with AOS | Agrammatic aphasia with AOS and prominent auditory deficit | Agrammatic aphasia with AOS and prominent auditory deficit | Agrammatic aphasia with AOS and prominent auditory deficit |
| Aphasia severity (/4) | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| WAB-AQ (/100) | 72.4 | 59 | 58.6 | CND | 14.8 |
| WAB Word Recognition (auditory) | 57/60 | 57/60 | 4/12 | 4/60 | 0/18 |
| WAB Word Recognition (written) | DNT | DNT | 48/48 | 58/60 | DNT |
| WAB Reading comprehension (/40) | 40 | 28 | 20 | DNT | 10 |
| WAB Reading commands (/20) | 15 | 14 | 9 | 6/10 | 1 |
| WAB Writing output (/34) | 34 | 25.5 | 26 | DNT | 10 |
| WAB Reading Irregular words (/10) | 4 | 2 | 0 | DNT | DNT |
| WAB Reading non-words (/10) | 6 | 6 | 0 | DNT | DNT |
| WAB Writing Irregular words (/10) | 7 | 8 | 2 | DNT | DNT |
| WAB Writing non-words (/10) | 2 | 3 | 3 | DNT | DNT |
| Token Test (/22) | 4 | 1 | DNT | CND | DNT |
| PPTT (/52) | 51 | 50 | 50 | DNT | DNT |
| BNT (/15) | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 |
| NVOA (132) | 29 | 15 | 4 | DNT | 0 |
| MSD (/10) | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| ASRS (/52) | 13 | 15 | 17 | DNT | DNT |
| AES Total | 70.8 | 78.8 | 100 | DNT | DNT |
| AOS severity (/4) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |