Development of Syntax Comprehension Test in Hindi Language for Persons with Aphasia
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The study was carried out with the aim to develop a test of syntax comprehension in Hindi language for persons with aphasia. The present study was done in two phases. First phase included development of test material and in the second phase, the test battery was administered on neuro-typical adults and persons with aphasia. The developed material consisted of five sections, namely, prepositions, PNG markers, tenses, conjunctions and comparatives, and conditional clauses. The material was administered on 56 neuro-typical adults and 11 persons with aphasia aged 18 to 65 years. It was observed that there was a significant difference between the mean scores across the neuro-typical adults and persons with aphasia on the entire task in both the modalities. Based on this finding it is recommended that the developed test can be used for assessment of syntax comprehension for persons with aphasia.
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