Word Fluency Test Performance in Primary Progressive Aphasia and Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech.

Purpose This study compared performance on three-word fluency measures among individuals with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) and primary progressive apraxia of speech (PPAOS), and examined the relationship between word fluency and other measures of language and speech. Method This study included 106 adults with PPA and 30 adults with PPAOS. PPA participants were divided into three clinical subgroups: semantic (svPPA), logopenic (lvPPA), and nonfluent/agrammatic with or without apraxia of speech (nfPPA).

Oropharyngeal complications of suspension laryngoscopy: a prospective study.

Objective: This study was designed to evaluate the oropharyngeal complications of suspension laryngoscopy (SL).

Methods: We prospectively analyzed 56 consecutive SLs for intervention-related complications. Oropharyngeal symptoms and physical examination abnormalities were recorded before and after SL.