The use and aprobation of first Uzbek neurolinguistic protocol for assessment of language functions

Purpose: to enlighten about first Uzbek aphasia testing system that helps to assess the speech disorders in patients who had surgical resection of the tumors of eloquent brain areas of the brain, furthermore in patients with various pathological conditions, including ischemic stroke of eloquent areas. Materials and methods. The linguistic protocol was tested on 25 healthy individuals, and on patients of the institution's skull base surgery department. Results. Uzbek Aphasia Test has been validated by testing on 25 healthy individuals and recommended to use in neurological clinical examinations on patients in republican scientific center of neurosurgery. Conclusion. The Uzbek Aphasia Test System serves as a convenient speech assessment protocol not only for intraoperative settings but also postoperatively, helping to functionally evaluate the degree of damage on language cortex and subcortical language networks. Utilizing this protocol, it is possible to monitor the neurological status of patients also in the postoperative period, this, in turn, reduces chances of disabilities caused by intraoperative damage to eloquent language areas