Discourse Measures From the Modern Cookie Theft Picture Description Are Sensitive to Mild Communication Deficits Not Captured by the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised Aphasia Quotient.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

The Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R) is often used for diagnosis of aphasia. However, persons scoring above the WAB-R diagnostic cutoff may still present with language difficulties indicative of aphasia. Identification of residual language challenges is critical for treatment referral or inclusion in research. We examined differences in discourse following acute left-hemisphere stroke for those above/below the WAB-R diagnostic cutoff compared to healthy controls, as well as recovery during the first year.

Method

Sixty-eight participants with acute left-hemisphere stroke completed the WAB-R and were classified as aphasic by WAB-R (ABW; n = 42) or not aphasic by WAB-R (NABW; n = 26). They completed the Modern Cookie Theft (MCT) pictur

SUBMITTER: Bunker LD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12502441 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature