Original Article ISSN 2288-0917 (Online) Commun Sci Disord 2018;23(3):629-646 https://doi.org/10.12963/csd.18518 Reading and Writing Characteristics of Cerebral Infarction Patients with or without Aphasia Eun Ju Yeona, Yeo Jin Kimb, Duk L. Nac, Ji Hye Yoond aDepartment of Speech Pathology, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea bDepartment of Neurology, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea cDepartment of Neurology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea dDivision of Speech Pathology and Audiology, College of Natural Sciences, Hallym University, Chuncheon, Korea Correspondence: Ji Hye Yoon, PhD Objectives: Even if left hemisphere damage occurs, aphasia may not be present if language- Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, related areas are not involved. The change in cognitive ability due to brain damage may Hallym University, 1 Hallimdaehak-gil, Chuncheon 24252, Korea lead to alexia and agraphia, even in the absence of aphasia. The study examines the effects Tel: +82-33-248-2224 of aphasia on the performance capability and error aspects of reading and writing in pa- Fax: +82-33-256-3420 tients with cerebral infarction. Methods: Twenty-four patients with cerebral infarction and E-mail:
[email protected] 15 normal adults were enlisted to perform 60 reading tasks and 45 writing tasks. Results: Received: July 9, 2018 First, aphasic patients showed significantly lower performance in reading (irregular and Revised: August 19, 2018 non-words) and writing (regular, irregular, and non-words) tasks than non-aphasic patients Accepted: September 3, 2018 and normal subjects. Second, non-aphasic patients showed significantly lower performance This material is based upon work supported by in writing (non-words) tasks than the normal group.