Natalia Malagueta de MEDEIROS|Karin Zazo Ortiz
Formal language assessment in low-educated persons with aphasia: can the lesion effect be distinguished from the education effect?
Universidade Federal de São Paulo|Universidade Federal de São Paulo
language tests important assessment follow people aphasia pwa however language assessment low literacy population still challengeto investigate whether formal evaluation aphasia able distinguish neurological effect effect low educational level people poststroke aphasiathe sample consisted group 30 aphasic subjects ag control group cg 36 individuals educational level 14 years brazilian montrealtoulouse language assessment battery applied subjectsthere statistically significant differences groups 19 20 tasks analyzedthese results suggest formal evaluation procedures able detect language disorders resulting stroke even subjects low educational level