Changes in Resting-State Connectivity following Melody-Based Therapy in a Patient with Aphasia
Table 1
JV’s language assessment 36 months postinjury.
Language assessment
Pretreatment
Posttreatment
Raw score
Percentile
Raw score
Percentile
Boston Naming Test (BNT)—short form
BNT—number of spontaneously given correct responses
2/15
30
0/15
30
BNT—number of correct responses following phonemic cue
4/11
NA
4/13
NA
BNT—number of correct choices
3/9
NA
6/11
NA
BDAE—short form
I.A. simple social responses
6/7
50
6/7
50
Aphasia Severity Rating Scale
1/5
40
2/5
50
II.A. word comprehension
8/16
<10
10/16
10
II.B. commands
8/10
40
8/10
40
II.C. complex ideational material
3/6
30
4/6
50
III.B. automatized sequences
1/4
10
1/4
10
III.B. repetition single words
4/5
60
4/5
60
III.B. repetition sentences
1/2
60
1/2
60
III.C. responsive naming
0/10
10
4/10
30
III.C. naming—screening of special categories
7/12
20
7/12
20
IV.C. oral word reading
3/15
<20
3/15
<20
IV.C. oral sentence reading
0/5
30
0/5
30
IV.C. sentence comprehension
0/3
10
0/3
10
IV.D. reading comprehension—sentences and paragraphs
2/4
40
1/4
10
PPTT (3 pictures)
40/52
NA
DNT
PALPA 7 syllable length repetition
22/24
NA
22/24
NA
BDAE = Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination [57]; PPTT = Pyramids and Palm Trees Test [58]; PALPA = psycholinguistic assessments of language processing in aphasia [59]; NA = percentiles not available.
