WORD LEARNING IN APHASIA: TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS AND STRUCTURAL CONNECTIVITY ANALYSES.

Objective: Of current interest in aphasia research is the relevance of what we can learn from studying word learning ability in aphasia. In a preliminary study, we addressed two issues related to the novel word learning ability of individuals with aphasia. First, as word learning engages large-scale cognitive-linguistic systems (language skills, verbal short-term memory (STM), other memory and executive functions), we probed whether novel word learning practice in three people with aphasia could stimulate these language-related systems.

Periodontal healing following open debridement flap procedures. I. Clinical assessment of soft tissue and osseous repair.

The healing response of the periodontium was evaluated after periodontal flap and debridement procedures in patients with different levels of postsurgical plaque control. Thirty-one sites in 19 patients were included. Measurements were performed from a fixed reference point presurgically and before reentry surgery.