An investigation of the relationship between aphasia and sensorimotor level cognitive functions

UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
Patty T. Earle (Creator)
Institution
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Advisor
Helen Canaday

Abstract: It is the purpose of this study to investigate the relationship between the level of severity of aphasia and the classification of aphasia, as determined by the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, and the ability to perform sensorimotor level cognitive tasks as determined by the Uzgiris-Hunt Assessment in Infancy: Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development, adapted for use with an adult aphasic population. It is hypothesized that a disturbance of preverbal perceptual functioning is demonstrated in the responses of the aphasic subjects to the measures of sensorimotor function; that there is a positive relationship between the degree of severity of aphasia and the degree of impairment of sensorimotor functions as measured on seven different scales; that the greater the degree of severity of linguistic disturbance in the aphasic, the lower the scores obtained on each of the seven scales; that there is a significant difference between the classifications of aphasia with regard to the scores obtained on the seven measures of sensorimotor function; that the combination of sensorimotor scale measures will explain a significant proportion of the variance in the degree of severity of linguistic disturbances; and that the combination of sensorimotor scale measures will explain a significant proportion of the variance in classifications of aphasia.

Additional Information

Publication
Dissertation
Language: English
Date: 1977
Subjects
Aphasia
Perceptual-motor processes
Cognition disorders

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