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Error types and latencies on the SYDBAT were extracted from assessment audio recordings.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1355617725101513_as4\">\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      SYDBAT and BNT scores were highly correlated (\n                      <jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>\n                      = 0.81,\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      &lt; .001) and these tasks reported comparable receiver operating characteristic curves (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .091). Latency analysis captured lexical retrieval difficulties, with patients displaying significantly longer mean latencies than controls on the SYDBAT (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      = .012,\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b2<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.54).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"S1355617725101513_as5\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These findings support the validity of the SYDBAT and value of the latency analysis in characterizing language impairment in MS. Use of the SYDBAT and latency considerations contribute to a broader assessment with a briefer administration time compared to gold-standard evaluation. 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