The Preliminary Clinical Application of the Tentative Korean Aphasia Test Battery Form ( I )

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 10(3); 1992 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1992;10(3): 350-357.

한국어판 실어증 감별진단검사법 시안( I )의 임상적용에 대한 예비연구

박혜숙, 사사누마 스미꼬,선우일남,나은우,신정순

연세대학교 재활원 언어치료실, 신경과, 재활의학. 동경도 노인총합 ?연구소.

The Preliminary Clinical Application of the Tentative Korean Aphasia Test Battery Form ( I )

Hea-Suk Park, M.D., Sumiko Sasanuma, M.D., Il-Nam Sunwoo, M.D., Ueon-Woo Rah, M.D., Jung-Soon Shin, M.D.

Speech therapy Section of Rehabilitation Center, Severance Hospital, Yonsei Universtiy College of Medicine, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the clinical applicability of a form of aphasia test, the Korean Test Form 1, which is adapted for use in Korea from the test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia (The Roken Test) in Japan. The Korean Test Form 1 was applied to 40 aphasics and 40 normal controls, and the following results were obtained: 1. The aphasic group showed significantly low mean score in every subtests as well as total scores compared with the normal controls. 2. There was a tendency for relatively higher scores in the subtests of numbers and calculation than those of speech performance in patients with aphasia. 3. The types of aphasia were determined in 34 (85%) of 40 aphasics by the Korean Test Form 1 : showing 5 persons with amnestic aphasia, 7 with Broca's aphasia, 15 with Wernicke's aphasia and 7 with global aphasia. Therefore, we concluded that this Korean Test Form 1 would be clinically valuable for the differential diagnosis and the classification of aphasia in Korea.