Low-level language processing in brain-injured patients.

ABSTRACT: Assessing cognitive function-especially language processing-in severely brain-injured patients is critical for prognostication, care, and development of communication devices (e.g. brain-computer interfaces). In patients with diminished motor function, language processing has been probed using EEG measures of command-following in motor imagery tasks. While such tests eliminate the need for motor response, they require sustained attention. However, passive listening tasks, with an EEG response measure can reduce both motor and attentional demands. These considerations motivated the development of two assays of low-level language processing-identification of differential phoneme-class responses and tracking of the natural speech envelope. This cross-sectional study looks at a cohort of 26 se

SUBMITTER: Jain P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10088487 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature