Alexia and Agraphia in Spanish

Autor/inn/en	Gonzalez, Rafael; Rojas, Macarena; Ardila, Alfredo
Titel	Alexia and Agraphia in Spanish
Quelle	In: International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 55 (2020) 6, S.875-883 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ardila, Alfredo)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1368-2822
DOI	10.1111/1460-6984.12566
Schlagwörter	Contrastive Linguistics; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Aphasia; Handedness; Written Language; Oral Language; Language Impairments; Age Differences; Spanish Speaking; Error Patterns; Severity (of Disability); Sensory Integration; Patients; Gender Differences; Diagnostic Tests; Correlation; Scores; Reading Tests; Writing Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Linguistics; Kontrastive Linguistik; Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Linkshändigkeit; Geschriebene Sprache; Oral interpretation; Mündlicher Sprachgebrauch; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Fehlertyp; Schweregrad; Sensorische Integration; Patient; Geschlechterkonflikt; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Korrelation; Lesetest; Writing test; Schreibtest
Abstract	Background: Every language has certain specific idiosyncrasies in its writing system. Cross-linguistic analyses of alexias and agraphias are fundamental to understand commonalities and differences in the brain organization of written language. Few reports of alexias and agraphias in the Spanish language are currently available. Aims: To analyse the clinical manifestations of alexias and agraphias in Spanish, and the effect of demographic variables. Methods & Procedures: Spanish versions of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) were used for language assessment. Lesion localization was obtained by using computed axial tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The final sample included 200 patients: 195 (97.5%) right-handed and five (2.5%) left-handed; 119 men and 81 women with a mean age of 57.37 years (SD = 15.56), education of 13.52 years (SD = 4.08), and mean time post-onset of 6.58 months (SD = 12.94). Using the WAB, four quotients were calculated: aphasia quotient (AQ), reading-writing quotient (RWQ), language quotient (LQ) and cortical quotient (CQ). Outcomes & Results: The types of aphasia were: global = 11 patients (5.5%), Broca = 31 (15.5%), Wernicke = 30 (15.0%), conduction = 22 (11.0%), transcortical sensory = 17 (8.5%), transcortical motor = 3 (1.5%), amnesic or anomic = 54 (27.0%) and mixed non-fluent = 32 (16.0%). The degree of oral and written language impairment differed across the various aphasia types. Most severe reading and writing difficulties were found in global, mixed non-fluent and transcortical motor aphasia; fewer difficulties were observed in amnesic, Broca and conduction aphasia. The severity of the written language impairments paralleled the severity of the oral language disturbances. Age negatively, while schooling positively, correlated with the scores in reading and writing tests. No effect of sex and time since onset was found. Conclusions & Implications: In Spanish-speaking aphasia patients, difficulties in reading and writing are similar to oral language difficulties. This similarity of performance is mostly based on severity rather than the participants' patterns of errors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01