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Natalia Malagueta de Medeiros1, Karin Zazo Ortiz1
1Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Departamento de Fonoaudiologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.
Background:
Language tests are important in the assessment and follow up of people with aphasia (PWA). However, language assessment in the low literacy population is still a challenge.
Objective:
To investigate whether a formal evaluation of aphasia is able to distinguish the neurological effect from the effect of low educational level in people with post-stroke aphasia.
Methods:
The sample consisted of a group of 30 aphasic subjects (AG) and a control group (CG) of 36 individuals, both with an educational level of 1-4 years. The Brazilian Montreal-Toulouse Language Assessment battery was applied to all subjects.
Results:
There were statistically significant differences between the groups in 19 out of the 20 tasks analyzed.
Conclusions:
These results suggest that formal evaluation procedures are able to detect language disorders resulting from stroke, even in subjects with low educational level.
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