Table 3. Performance of subjects at pre and post-treatment using ORLA.
| Variables | Oral production | Written production | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre | Post | p | Pre | Post | p | ||
| Number of words | 13.8 (10.3) | 22.0 (13.5) | 0.018 | 4.1 (3.6) | 4.5 (3.7) | ns | |
| Number of nouns | 9.3 (5.0) | 11.0(4.9) | ns | 2.3 (1.2) | 2.9 (2.2) | ns | |
| Number of verbs | 1.9 (3.9) | 3.7 (3.9) | 0.017 | 0.7 (1.2) | 0.9 (1.3) | ns | |
| Number of closed-class words | 4.6 (13.6) | 3.1(3.9) | ns | 1.8 (1.7) | 1.8 (1.7) | ns | |
| Number of complete sentences | 0.8 (1.8) | 0.6(1.4) | ns | 0.8 (1.4) | 0.9 (1.3) | ns | |
| Sentence length | 1.5 (2.0) | 2.5 (3.5) | ns | 1.6 (1.7) | 1.8 (1.8) | ns | |
| Speech rate (words/minute) | 12.1 (9.8) | 18.7 (13.6) | 0.048 | ----- | ----- | ----- | |
Mann-Whitney; ns: not significant.