LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 13:8 August 2013
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Development of Syntax Comprehension Test in Hindi Language
for Persons with Aphasia

Santosh Kumar, Ph.D. Scholar
S. P. Goswami, Ph.D.

Abstract

The study was carried out with the aim to develop a test of syntax comprehension in Hindi language for persons with aphasia. The present study was done in two phases. First phase included development of test material and in the second phase, the test battery was administered on neuro-typical adults and persons with aphasia. The developed material consisted of five sections, namely, prepositions, PNG markers, tenses, conjunctions and comparatives, and conditional clauses. The material was administered on 56 neuro-typical adults and 11 persons with aphasia aged 18 to 65 years. It was observed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores across the neuro-typical adults and persons with aphasia on the entire task in both the modalities. Based on this finding it is recommended that the developed test can be used for assessment of syntax comprehension for persons with aphasia.

Key words: Modality, Hindi, Task, Neuro-typical

Introduction

Aphasia is an acquired language disorder caused by brain damage. Aphasia affects expressive and receptive communication in all modes including speaking, reading, writing, understanding and gesturing. The degree to which each of these is affected depends on the location in the brain where the stroke has occurred (Longerich & Bordeaux, 1954). Aphasia affects the ability to choose words to express one’s opinions and also impairs the identification of words for the comprehension of phrases and paragraphs. If comprehension is affected, reading and listening will also be affected equally (Musso, Weiller, Kiebel, Muller, Bulau, & Rijntjes, 1999).

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Santosh Kumar (Corresponding Author)
Ph.D. Scholar
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Manasagangothri
Mysore 570006
Karnataka
India
santoshaslp@gmail.com

Dr. S. P. Goswami
Professor in Speech Pathology
Head, Department of Clinical Services
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing
Manasagangothri
Mysore 570006
Karnataka
India
goswami16@yahoo.com
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