Auditory event-related potential probes and behavioral measures of aphasia

Author(s): Prescott, T. E., Shucard, D. W.

Journal/Book: Brain Lang. 1989; 36: 377-90.

Abstract: This study examined the relationship between an auditory event-related potential probe technique measure of differential hemispheric processing and traditional tests of aphasia in aphasic patients. Subjects were 10 aphasic and 10 normal adult males. The results of the electrophysiological measures indicated that the aphasic subjects responded differently from the normal group particularly when the task required processing of verbal information. During the verbal task the aphasic group showed higher amplitude right hemisphere responses as compared to left. The normal group showed little hemispheric task related asymmetries. The pattern of electrical asymmetry in the aphasic group seems to be an indicator of severity as measured by traditional aphasia examinations.

Keyword(s): Adult ; Aged ; Brain Damage, Chronic physiopathology; Cerebral Cortex physiopathology; Middle Age; Music ; Signal Processing, Computer Assisted; Speech Perception physiology Aphasia physiopathology; Aphasia, Acquired physiopathology; Auditory Perception physiology; Dominance, Cerebral physiology; Evoked Potentials, Auditory Human; Male

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