Effective factors on linguistic disorder during acute phase following traumatic brain injury in adults

► Fronto-temporal lesion and brain injury severity were significant predictors of PT linguistic disorder. ► Post-traumatic cognitive deficit and neurosurgical intervention correlated with PT linguistic disorder. ► Executive functions correlated with cognition and language functions except repetition function. ► Verbal fluency and story auditory comprehension were the most deficient skills post brain trauma. ► PT linguistic disorder patients had poor efficiency in production of linguistic macrostructures.