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The time, amount, and pattern of Language Improvement in Adult Aphasics
Author(s) -
HANSON W. R.,
CICCIARELLI A. W.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
international journal of language and communication disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1460-6984
pISSN - 1368-2822
DOI - 10.3109/13682827809011326
Subject(s) - psychology , audiology , language impairment , developmental psychology , porch , receptive language , language disorder , rehabilitation , linguistics , cognition , vocabulary , medicine , psychiatry , philosophy , engineering , civil engineering , neuroscience
Summary Thirteen adult aphasics (L‐CVA) were administered the Porch Index of Communicative Ability at intervals throughout language rehabilitation. The time, amount, and pattern of change in PICA subtest scores were investigated. All subtest scores showed positive change. The average time required for peak improvement in overall score was 8.94 months post onset. Receptive language processes improved more quickly and completely than expressive. The course of language recovery appears somewhat predictable in terms of time, amount, and pattern of improvement.