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Best Language . Scale Definition . Score . 0. No aphasia; normal. 1 . Mild-to-moderate aphasia; some obvious loss of fluency or facility of comprehension, without significant limitation on ideas expressed or form of expression. Reduction of speech and/or comprehension, however, makes conversation about provided materials difficult or impossible ...
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