Auditory Comprehension Ax

Question 1

When Ax Auditory Comprehension…

Answer 1

Consider the person’s whole profile
Look for their strengths - are they better in written.
Does lip reading help?
What environmental factors may facilitate.
Pure deficits are rarely encountered

Question 2

Ax must

Answer 2

Establish spared and impaired
Establish functional impact
Establish whether any strategies assist - lip reading/gesture.

Question 3

Ax Issues

Answer 3

Obs/Family/Client report is not sufficient to rule out
consider different environments
Don’t assume mild impairment - mild impact
Start by using assessment that tests whole system = spoken word to picture matching.
Always compare, with reading comprehension.
Find out what processes support comprehension
Check hearing and vision

Question 4

Formal Ax

Answer 4

Relevant sections of: PALPA, CAT, WAB, Boston,.

High level language processing - Mt Wilga and parts of Boston.

Question 5

Ax for word sound deafness

Answer 5

RW/NW repetition - PALPA/CAT
Discrimination tasks - minimal and maximal pairs (PALPA)
Check performance with lip reading.

Question 6

Word form deafness Ax

Answer 6

If someone has :( in APA than whole auditory processing will be impacted.
If repetition and auditory discrimination are OK try auditory lexical decision task, ask patient to define a word (may give definition of phonological similar).

Question 7

Word Meaning Deafness Ax

Answer 7

Contrast spoken and written comprehension
Spoken word to pic matching vs written word.
Spoken synonym judgement vs written. = ax if it is access to semantics or semantics itself.
Ask client to define a word that they can repeat.