Assessment of verb and sentence processing deficits in stroke-induced aphasia: the Italian version of the Northwestern Assessment of Verbs and Sentences (NAVS-I).

Background: The Northwestern Assessment of Verbs and Sentences (NAVS) assesses verb and sentence production and comprehension in aphasia. Results from the original English version and from its adaptation to German have shown that the NAVS is able to capture effects of verb-argument structure (VAS) complexity (i.e.

ICF model implementation in an interdisciplinary intervention for intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) with focus on neuropsychological functioning: a case report.

Spontaneous intraparenchymal hemorrhage (IPH) is relatively common and has a very important impact on clinical outcomes, motor and functional abilities and it may affect different cognitive domains. A 60-year-old male was admitted in post-acute phase, at Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri IRCCS, to undertake neuro-motor treatment for a period of 4 months. The patient was affected by IPH.

The Italian validation of the Communicative Effectiveness Index Questionnaire: a multicentric study.

Introduction: Common assessment tools for aphasia evaluate single language impairments but not their functional impact on patient's communication skills in daily life. The lack of tools focused on ecological aspects might affect the choice of rehabilitative trainings. The Communicative Effectiveness Index (CETI) represents an attempt to assess the communicative abilities in "ecologic" context.

Correction to: The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia.

This article was published with incomplete Table 4. The Equivalent scores were missing during the submission. The correct Table is presented here.

The assessment of severe lexical disorders in Italian individuals with aphasia.

Tests and batteries used in the evaluation of language impairments are overly complex and often ineffective (too difficult) in the assessment of post-stroke patients affected by severe aphasia (global aphasia). The present study reports details on the construction and standardization of a new Italian battery of tasks, specifically designed to assess severe lexical disorders in acquired aphasia (Battery for the Assessment of Severe Acquired Lexical Damage in Italian, BASALDI). The battery is composed of a common set of 64 stimuli (concrete nouns), belonging to both living and non-living categories, and consists of four lexical tasks assessing picture naming, repetition, reading aloud, and oral comprehension.

Integration of lexical and sublexical processing in the spelling of regular words: a multiple single-case study in Italian dysgraphic patients.

In this study we investigated 12 cases of "mixed dysgraphia", a spelling impairment where regular words are spelt better than either ambiguous words or regular non-words. Two explanations of mixed dysgraphia were formerly offered by Luzzatti et al. (1998): (i) a double functional lesion of the orthographic output lexicon (or damage to its access) and of the acoustic-to-phonological conversion; and (ii) some kind of interaction/summation between lexical and sublexical spelling routes when processing regular words.