The Relationship Between Non-Orthographic Language Abilities and Reading Performance in Chronic Aphasia: An Exploration of the Primary Systems Hypothesis.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This study investigated the relationship between non-orthographic language abilities and reading in order to examine assumptions of the primary systems hypothesis and further our understanding of language processing poststroke.

Method

Performance on non-orthographic semantic, phonologic, and syntactic tasks, as well as oral reading and reading comprehension tasks, was assessed in 43 individuals with aphasia. Correlation and regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between these measures. In addition, analyses of variance examined differences within and between reading groups (within normal limits, phonological, deep, or global alexia).

Results

Results showed that non-orthographic language abilities were significantly related to reading

SUBMITTER: Madden EB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6440304 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature