Abstract
Language tests are important in the assessment and follow up of people with aphasia (PWA). However, language assessment in the low literacy population is still a challenge. To investigate whether a formal evaluation of aphasia is able to distinguish the neurological effect from the effect of low educational level in people with post-stroke aphasia. The sample consisted of a group of 30 aphasic subjects (AG) and a control group (CG) of 36 individuals, both with an educational level of 1-4 years. The Brazilian Montreal-Toulouse Language Assessment battery was applied to all subjects. There were statistically significant differences between the groups in 19 out of the 20 tasks analyzed. These results suggest that formal evaluation procedures are able to detect language disorders resulting from stroke, even in subjects with low educational level.
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