6 - Standardized Aphasia Assessment Flashcards
When do Aphasia Assessments often begin?
Screenings at bedside
What do Aphasia Screenings give us a general sense of?
Nature and severity of deficits
What do Aphasia Screenings determines the need for?
More comprehensive examination
Who frequently designs Aphasia Screening Tools?
Clinicians
Where are Aphasia Screening Tools typically used?
(3)
In acute care settings
Environments where little time is available for assessment
Environments where only general info concerning a patient’s linguistic abilities is needed
What is the Purpose of Aphasia Screening Tools?
To establish efficiently the presence/absence of language disorders
What do Aphasia Screening Tools not provide?
A detailed description of the severity and characteristics of patient’s aphasia
What are two characteristics of Aphasia Screening Tools?
Short in length
Sample only a narrow range of language behaviors
When might a clinician chose to use an Aphasia Screening Tool in lieu of a full diagnostic battery?
(4)
Patient is in the early or acute stages of recovery from stroke
Patient is too ill or fatigued to undergo a full evaluation
Patient’s length of stay (LOS) in facility is short
Cost dictates immediate clinical information w/o extensive testing
What are the two options of Aphasia Screening Tools?
Create your own screening tool
Utilize commercially available tests
What is the Language Screening Test (LAST)?
How many items does it contain?
Bedside test designed for “emergency” settings
15 items in 5 subtests
What are the two indexes in the Language Screening Test (LAST)?
Expression Index
Receptive Index
What are contained in the Expression Index portion of the Language Screening Test (LAST)?
(3)
Naming
Repetition
Automatic Speech
What are contained in the Receptive Index portion of the Language Screening Test (LAST)?
(2)
Recognition
Verbal Instructions
What is The Aphasia Rapid Test? (2)
How many items does it have?
An NIHSS-like aphasia test
Rates aphasia severity in acute stroke patients
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Where is The Aphasia Rapid Test designed to be administered?
How long does it take?
Patient’s bedside
< 3 minutes
What areas do Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries assess?
(5)
Auditory Comprehension
Verbal Expression
Reading
Writing
Sometimes Cognition
How can Auditory Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(3)
Single Word Comprehension
Sentence Comprehension
Spoken Discourse
How can Single Word Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Select-from-an-array procedure
Test of single-word comprehension
How can the “select-from-an-array procedure” type of Single Word Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Pictures (actions, letters, numbers, shapes, colors)
Objects
How can the “test of single-word comprehension” type of Single Word Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
PPVT (Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test)
What variables can influence tests of Single Word Comprehension in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(4)
Frequency of occurrence
Semantic or acoustic relationship to foils (semantic or phonetic similarities)
Part of speech
Ambiguity
What variables can influence tests of Sentence Comprehension in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(4)
Length and syntactic comprehension
Reversibility and plausibility
Predictability
Personal reference
How can Sentence Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Included in standardized language batteries
Tests of sentence comprehension
What are two tests of Sentence Comprehension that can be used in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
Token Test
Northwestern Syntax Screening Test
What variables can influence tests of Discourse Comprehension in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(5)
Salience
Directness
Redundancy
Cohesion and coherence
Rate and emphatic stress
How can Discourse Comprehension be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Included in standardized language batteries
Tests of discourse comprehension
What test for Discourse Comprehension can be used in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
The Discourse Comprehension Test
What Speech Characteristics are looked at when testing Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(6)
Paraphasias
Neologisms ( Non-Words)
Stereotypies (Repeated Words)
Jargon (Speech sounds normal but doesn’t make sense)
Agrammatism
Paragrammatism
What are Paraphasias?
Incorrect word substituted for an intended or target word
What are Neologisms?
Nonsense Words
What are Stereotypies?
Word or nonword used repeatedly by a patient, as if it were the only language form available
What is Jargon?
(2)
Lengthy, fluently articulated utterance which makes little or no sense to the listener
Can consist of real or nonwords
What is Agrammatism?
Inability to speak in a grammatically correct fashion
What is Paragrammatism?
Confused or incomplete use of grammatical structures
How can Verbal Expression be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(6)
Simple speech production tests
Naming
Sentence Production
Discourse Production
Speech Fluency
Intelligibility
How can Simple Speech Production Tests be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(3)
Recitations, rhymes, and automatized sequences
Sentence completion
Repetition
How can Naming be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Confrontational naming (What is this?)
Responsive naming (“The grass is _____.”)
What variables can influence Naming Accuracy in Verbal Comprehension in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(4)
Frequency of occurrence
Length and phonologic complexity
Semantic categories
Context
How can Sentence Production be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Subtests in standardized measures
Independent tests
How can “subtests in standardized measures” type of Sentence Production be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(2)
Make a sentence from a word
Expressing ideas
What Independent Test for Sentence Production can be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
Reporters Test
How can Discourse Production be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
Picture descriptions
How can Speech Fluency be used to test Verbal Expression in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
(3)
Fluent vs non-fluent
Speech tempo
MLU
How is Reading be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
All language batteries contain reading subtests
How do Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries test Reading?
(4)
Oral reading of words and sentences
Match printed words to pictures or objects
Match printed words to spoken words
Comprehension of printed sentences
How can a “matching printed words to pictures or objects” be used to test reading?
(2)
Word to object matching
Picture to word matching
How is Writing be tested in Comprehensive Aphasia Test Batteries?
Standardized language batteries