neurologische aandoeningen: afasie CVA stroke
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Healthy controls Inclusion criteria - age between 18 and 80 - right-handed - native speaker of Dutch Patients: Inclusion criteria: - aphasic due to an acute non-congenital brain damage, like CVA or contusio cerebri - native speaker of Dutch - age between 18 and 80 - minimally three months post onset - Token Test error score between 7 and 40.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Healthy controls - neurological diseases or language and/or speech problems - hearing or visual problems that influence the administration of the test patients: - psychiatric diseases - cognitive problems that influence the administration of the test (to be judged by the treating psychologist) - visual or hearing problems that influence the administration of the test - Token Test error score lower than 7 or higher than 40
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Performance on a behavioural test investigating discourse comprehension. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| For each participant, the score of the the Token Test (as included in the Aachen Aphasia Test, Graetz, De Bleser, Willmes & Heeschen, 1992) will be used (0-50). This test discriminates between aphasic and non-aphasic individuals, and the final score is an indicator for the severity of aphasia. | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed