Severe traumatic brain injury and language difficulties: Analysis of the linguistic profile

The objective of the research was to describe the linguistic profile of patients with brain trauma who have received intervention for language difficulties. The Boston Test was administered to 5 aphasic patients treated at a hospital in Lima, allowing initial and final information to be collected. The results showed that early and systematic rehabilitation significantly favors linguistic recovery in patients with TBI. Most patients showed notable improvements, such as patient 1, who increased his understanding from 27.2% to 90.4% and his expression from 38.3% to 93.3%. In contrast, patient 2 evidenced more limited improvements, with progress in comprehension from 0% to 17.5% and in expression from 0% to 8.3%, suggesting that more severe cases may require more intensive interventions. It was concluded that the evaluation of the five patients reveals a significant variability in the magnitude of the improvement in their linguistic skills after the intervention. Despite individual differences in the starting point and degree of progress, patterns of progress are observed in all the cases analyzed.