Paving the Way for Speech: Voice-Training-Induced Plasticity in Chronic Aphasia and Apraxia of Speech—Three Single Cases

Table 1

Summary of the patients’ characteristics. CCTs (obtained within 3 days after the cerebral accident); the left side of the brain is on the right.

Patient	Mr. U.	Mrs. A.	Mr. H.
Sex	Male	Female	Male
Age	53	44	44
Months since incident	18	18	18
Diagnosis	Severe Broca's aphasia, moderate AOS	Severe global aphasia, severe AOS	Severe global aphasia, severe AOS
Aetiology	Left sylvian CVA with secondary hemorrhage	Extensive left frontotemporal hemorrhage, extension to caudate nucleus, basal ganglia, and internal capsule	Extensive left sylvian CVA with displacement of the midline

AOS: apraxia of speech; CVA: cerebral vascular accident.