This conceptual framework might help explain why individuals with autism have difficulties in comprehending action sequences when they have to rely exclusively on motor cues23,24.
Patients often have difficulties in comprehending the information provided, especially because health literacy levels are inadequate in a large part of the population [ 10, 11].
On the other hand, though the KINDL claims to be valid for use in children from the age of 11 years on, some of the younger respondents might have difficulties in comprehending single words or expressions used in the item statements.
Both expressive and receptive aphasia also affect the use of sign language, in analogous ways to how they affect speech, with expressive aphasia causing signers to sign slowly and with incorrect grammar, whereas a signer with receptive aphasia will sign fluently, but make little sense to others and have difficulties comprehending others' signs.
For example, if upon registration a patient is noted to have difficulty comprehending language due to a diagnosis of aphasia, the patient and his/her family could then be asked about specific strategies providers and staff should use with the patient to facilitate communication (e.g.: gestures or writing down key words).
In general, these students have difficulty visualizing, comprehending, and expressing realities in numbers and in mathematical terms.
Results of studies indicate that participants often have difficulty in comprehending lengthy consent forms, understanding confidentiality issues and recalling what they did consent for (Ormond et al. 2009; Robinson et al. 2013).
Individuals scoring 17 to 22 have marginal reading ability and often have difficulty comprehending more complicated information such as that found in health educational pamphlets.
As a result, families of comatose patients may be particularly vulnerable, fail to understand the patient's medical condition, and have difficulty comprehending the purpose, harms, and benefits of neuroimaging.
Most Japanese people, including those studying English, would have difficulty comprehending a speech given by a native English speaker.
