Aphasia Case Study

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Background & purpose: A stroke occurs when blood flow to an area of the brain is interrupted by the blockage of a blood vessel or artery, or by the rupturing of an artery. Stroke is the most prevalent Cause of aphasia. Aphasia is an impairment language that can effect on expressive & receptive language skills. The most effective means of treating aphasia after stroke is intensive language therapy. One of the novel intensive approaches for treating aphasia is CIAT. The goal of this study was to confirm the impact of intense therapy using the CI paradigm in patients with chronic Aphasia. Materials and Methods: A single-subject A-B design was used. Two chronic aphasia participants with a single left hemisphere cerebrovascular lesion were recruited…show more content…
The protocol of this study was approved by Research Council, School of Rehabilitation, and Ethical Committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). The participants signed an informed consent form before conducting the study. Outcome Measure In this study, The Mississippi screening aphasia test was the main outcome measure. [10] MAST was designed to be used for serial assessments to detect changes in language abilities over time. MAST examine three subtests: 1) expressive index include ; naming; automatic speech, repetition, verbal fluency and writing/spelling to dictation, 2) receptive index include ;Yes/No accuracy, object recognition, verbal instructions, reading instructions, and 3) total score consists of expressive and receptive score. The MAST was administered during two phases: 1) baseline (one time per week for three weeks, 2) treatment (one time per week for four weeks). Participants Two participants were recruited from School of Rehabilitation in Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS). Evaluation, diagnosis and treatment were performed by the first author…show more content…
A structural MRI scan demonstrated damage to the left Broca area .She reported having little-to-no speech output for many years after her stroke. She lives at home with her husband and three of her children. Persian is the language spoken at home. At the time of testing, her language abilities were characterized by non-fluent speech output and moderate to good comprehension of instructions and conversation. Her utterances were typically limited to short, repetitive phrases that interrupted with word retrieval problems. She showed moderate difficulty naming objects and a moderate auditory comprehension deficit. She repeated simple words but could not repeat words and sentences which were longer and complex. He demonstrated right hemiplegia with oral-motor and speech apraxia. Her visual and auditory ability was
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