Lecture 3 Flashcards
List the Basic components of SLP assessment:
Case History Aphasia battery/ language tests Cognitive screening Semantic knowledge Behaviour and other changes
What aspects are important in a Case history of someone with dementia?
Basic info, vision/ hearing, language/s,
History of present illness: progression, neuroimaging
Level of functioning in daily activities
Medical history (vascular dementia?)
Social/ occupational history: lvl of edu., occupation
What do you assess for dementia Ax?
Pragmatic skills: Verbal, Non-verbal Verbal Expression: Spontaneous Speech, OME, Functional Communication Auditory comprehension Reading and reading comprehension Written expression Cognitive Skills Semantic Knowledge
T or F: During an assessment of language in dementia it is important to get the history from one other person.
True -client might not have good insight
If the clients medical history indicates high blood pressure, obesity and high cholesterol this could indicate ______
vascular dementia
How would you assess Verbal Pragmatic skills?
- ability to use a variety of speech acts (questions etc.)
- Topic (introduction, maintenance)
- Turn Taking
- Appropriate lexical selection, pauses and word substitution
When assessing non-verbal pragmatic skills you note difficulty maintaining physical proximity and kinesics (abnormal movements). This could indicate?
BvFT
When would you assess spontaneous speech during functional communication?
If the person is too impaired for standardized tests.
What standardized tests would assess Verbal Expression in dementia patients?
Parts of the: BDAE BNT WAB TAWF PALPA ABCD
When assessing Spontaneous speech what 6 things do you look for?
- Fluency
- Word/ sound substitutions
- Motor Speech problems
- Types of errors
- Syntax (intact, simplified)
- Cohesion
In general what would you use to assess verbal expression?
- Spontaneous speech
- picture description
- Repetition
- Naming to confrontation (Give pictures they have to name)
- Responsive naming
- Automatic speech
“you write with this” is an example of a _______ task
responsive naming
“say the days of the week, Monday . . .” is an example of _______
automatic speech
If a picture is presented and the person has to name it this is a ________ task
naming to confrontation task
When assessing Auditory Comprehension you would look at:
Comprehension of conversational speech Auditory word recognition Yes/no questions Comprehension of sentences of various lengths and complexity Paragraph length material
