Purpose This study examined the relationship between single word reading, connected text reading, and comprehension in persons with aphasia. Method Thirteen persons with aphasia read orally from the Arizona Battery for Reading and Spelling real-word and nonword lists and the Gray Oral Reading Tests–Fifth Edition. The comprehension questions following each paragraph of the Gray Oral Reading Tests–Fifth Edition were answered and scored. The Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia–Second Edition provided a measure of silent reading comprehension. Descriptive statistics and Spearman correlation were used to examine associations among reading measures. Results Persons with aphasia showed associations between single word reading and connected text reading accuracy; however, single word reading ability was not associated with oral or silent reading comprehension. Conclusions Although preliminary, the findings provide support for word-level reading abilities underlying connected text reading accuracy but suggest additional cognitive mechanisms are involved in text-level reading comprehension that are not explained by single word reading alone. The findings indicate clinicians should use caution when inferring comprehension abilities from single word reading performance as reading comprehension abilities are likely best assessed using text-level comprehension assessments.

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Original Article from The New England Journal of Medicine — The Effect of Sulfanilamide Powder on the Healing of Sterile and Infected Wounds — With Special Reference to Tensile Strength and Ascorbic Acid Content in the Scar

Bartlett, Marshall K. M.D.; Jones, Chester M. M.D.; Ryan, Anna E. B.A. Author Information