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Post-stroke aphasia

It is a well-known fact that speech disorder is the most common cognitive deficit subsequent to cerebrovascular diseases. Aphasia is very common consequence of stroke. The aim of the paper was to determine the prevalence of the aphasia types in relation to stroke types and gender of the patients. The paper studied data collected during 2001 in a logopedic research (using Western Aphasia Battery) of the hospitalized patients in the Department of Neurology. Total number of 167 patients diagnosed with stroke were analyzed (90 male patients = 53, 90% and 70 female patients = 46, 10%). The study was conducted on 126 patients (70 male patients = 55, 56% and 56 female patients = 44, 44%) diagnosed with ishemic stroke and 41 patients (20 male patients = 48, 78% and 21 female patients = 51, 22%) with hemorrhagic stroke. Both groups included only aphasia types according to the classification of MOTOR (expressive) and SENSORY (receptive) aphasia and dysphasia. The obtained data indicated that motor dysphasia is the most common speech disorder. Aphasic speech disorders proved to be more prevalent among the male than the female population of the patients.

aphasia; stroke

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