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| Year : 2015 | Volume
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Comparison of emotional and non-emotional word repetitions in patients with aphasia
Jalal Bakhtiyari1, Seyyed Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi1, Hooshang Dadgar1, Behrooz Mahmoodi Bakhtiari2, Parvaneh Khosravizadeh3, Vahid Shaygannejad4
1 Department of Speech Therapy, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Performing Arts, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 Languages and Linguistics Center, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
4 Isfahan Neurosciences Research Center, Alzahra Hospital, Department of Neurology, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Seyyed Ahmad Reza Khatoonabadi
Department of Speech Therapy, Rehabilitation Faculty, Tehran University Medical Sciences, Tehran
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/2277-9175.162540
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Background: Aphasia is a language disorder caused by left hemisphere damage. For treatment of aphasia, in some of therapeutic approaches, the right hemisphere (RH) abilities, such as, emotional perception, is used for stimulation of the language process in the left hemisphere. The aim of this study is to investigate emotional word repetition in aphasia after a stroke, in Persian language patients.
Materials and Methods: Fifteen aphasic patients (eleven male and four female) between 45 and 65 (58/4 ± 7/8) years of age, participated in this cross-sectional study. A list of 20 emotional words and a list of 20 neutral words as stimuli were prepared and the patients were asked to repeat each word after five seconds; if a patient needed to repeat a word again, it was repeated for him/her again, and the total score for each subject was calculated. The paired t-test was used to test group mean differences and the significant level was 0.05.
Results: The mean and standard deviation for emotional word repetitions were 6.93 ± 1.72 and for non-emotional word repetition was 7.10 ± 2.23, and the P value = 0.892, thus, no significant difference between emotional and non-emotional word repetitions was noticed. The mean and standard deviation for the positive emotional word repetitions were 3.53 ± 3.29 and for negative word repetitions were 3.40 ± 3.56, (P = 0.751), with no significant difference between positive and negative emotional word repetitions.
Conclusion: Despite the main hypothesis that the right hemisphere is involved in the processing of emotions, it can be stated that both hemispheres are involved in the processing of emotional words, albeit in a different and probably complementary manner. |
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