Early Bifrontal Brain Injury: Disturbances in Cognitive Function Development

Table 7

Language assessments from 6 to 9 years of age.

	6 years 7 months		8 years 3 months		9 years 6 months
	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score	Percentile	Raw Score
Expression
Praxia: HENIN	—	—	50	46/62	—	—
Semantic Fluency: Mc Carthy	79	21 words	73	27 words	50	20 words
Phonemic Fluency: L2MA	—	—	4	6 words	50	13 words
Vocabulary
EEL LX2/NEEL voc 1	<1	19%	4	47/72	68	64/72
EEL LX3/NEEL voc 2	1	29%	5	32/42	33	36/42
L2MA	—	—	10	9/25	23	13/25
Phonology
EEL Dex	11	90.3%	—	—	—	—
NEEL monosyllabic words	—	—	<1	24/28	62	28/28
NEEL polysyllabic words	—	—	<1	44/50	61	50/50
Repetition
Words
EEL Rep	<1	84.8%	—	—	—
NEEL monosyllabic words	—	—	<1	26/28	57	28/28
NEEL polysyllabic words	—	—	54	50/50	54	50/50
Sentences
EEL PH1	16	50%	—	—	—	—
EEL PH2	4	60%	—	—	—	—
NEEL B1 Syntax	—	—	<1	0/2	64	2/2
NEEL B1 Numbers of words	—	—	<1	19/31	9	24/31
NEEL B2 Syntax	—	—	50	0/1	54	1/1
NEEL B2 Numbers of words	—	—	19	13/25	41	17/25
Non words
BELEC CV	15	13/20	38	15/20	50	16/20
BELEC CV Span (syllables)	51	5	58	5	58	5
BELEC CCV	—	—	37	9/20	47	10/20
BELEC CCV Span (syllables)	—	—	37	3	30	3
Morphosyntax
TCG	3	23/52	5	32/52	5	38/52
TVAP definitions	16	29/60	2	25/60	37	40/60
Comprehension
Auditory discrimination
Words
EDP 4–8	>80	32/32	>80	32/32	>80	32/32
TVAP 5–8	35	52/60	16	47/60	63	55/60
EVIP (Peabody)	25	57/170	45	80/170	60	105/170
Sentences
O52 (Khomsi)	50	46/52	50	49/52	—	—
ECOSSE	17	22 errors	20	12 errors	6	14 errors
Metaphonology
Syllabic reversal (BELEC)	—	—	90	10/10	90	10/10
Phonemic reversal (BELEC)	—	—	3	5/10	90	10/10
Consonant subtraction (BELEC)	—	—	<10	0/10	50	9/10