Diagnostic Tests Flashcards
ASHA FACS
Bedside functional assessment. 20 minutes to administer. It assesses social communication, communication of basic needs, reading, writing, number concepts and ADLs
CADL-2
Functional assessment. Supplemental aphasia tool that assesses the functional communication skills of adults with aphasia, mental retardation, hearing impairments, Alzheimer’s Disease or TBI
Boston Naming Test
Functional assessment for children-adults with aphasia and non-aphasia. vocabulary test
RCBA-2
Functional assessment for children and adults with acquired brain damage or TBI or stroke. It provides systematic evaluation of the nature and degree of reading impairments
Bedside Evaluation Screening Test for Aphasia 2
Functional assessment. 65 and older, good for people with early aphasia who don’t respond to full assessment batteries. 20 minutes to administer, formal and informal
Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia (BASA)
Comprehensive assessment. This test assesses gestural and verbal skills of severely aphasic individuals, it assesses at lower levels
Western Aphasia Battery Revised (WAB-R)
Comprehensive assessment. for ages 18-89 with moderate to severe aphasia. It identifies and classifies aphasia types, people with acquired neuro disorders. Assesses linguistic and nonlinguistic skills
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
Comprehensive assessment for adults. It diagnoses presence, type, localization and what linguistic processes that may be damaged. Initial assessment and assesses over time. Guide for therapy
Aphasia Language Performance Scales
Comprehensive assessment. 18-80 years for English and Spanish speakers. It takes 30 minutes to administer and measures impairments, predict language prognosis, plan treatment, identify recovery levels. 4 10-item scales measure listening, talking, reading and writing.
Multilingual Aphasia Examination
Comprehensive Assessment for ages 6-69. It evaluates presence, severity and qualitative aspects of an aphasic disorder. Relatively brief battery, it is standardized in English and Spanish
Revised Token Test
Comprehensive Assessment. 20-80 minutes to administer. It tests for auditory processing inefficiencies and disorders associated with brain damage, aphasia and certain language and learning disabilities.
Examining for Aphasia (EFA-3)
Comprehensive Assessment. It is not a norm referenced test, it assesses aphasia and impact on quality of life for ages 18-adults. there is a screening version available, it tests expressive and receptive abilities.
Visual Action Therapy (Treatment Method)
For individuals with global aphasia, left hemisphere stroke, patients who have inability to speak or write. Good nonlinguistic visospatial and memory skills. Uses gestural as a means of communicating. It associates ideographic forms with particular objects and actions. there are three levels and measured using PICA
Melodic Intonation Therapy (Treatment Method)
for non-fluent people with aphasia with left side stroke and good auditory comprehension. 2-3 syllables to phrases up to 9 syllables, 3 levels, very structured with goal to transition from singing to talking. For severe Broca’s patients.
Voluntary Control of Involuntary Utterances
Treatment Method
an approach to improving verbal output in severely nonfluent patients with aphasia who speech typically is limited to the stereotypical production of a few real words
