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| Multilingual aphasia exam |
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Eng & Spanish;
equivalent in content. not just translated
working on
- chinese
- french
- german
- italian
- portugese |
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| PALPA- Psycholinguistic assessment of language processing in aphasia: is not _______ oriented |
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| localizationist/classification |
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| PALPA is designed as ____ to do what? |
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| a clinical resource to individually tailor assessment. |
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| subtests are selected to test ____ ___ of language processing. |
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| PALPA has TERRIBLE psychometric properties |
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32 nbd controls (mean & SD's)
25 ppl w/ aphasia
(data not presented) |
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| Each "task" or subtest in aphasia has: |
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instructions
stimulus materials
presenter's form
marking form
suggestions (where to go next)
& tasks vary in length |
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| PALPA includes: Auditory processing, Reading & Spelling, Picture & Wrd semantics & Sen. Comprehension.... |
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large number of subtests (64)
flexibility in choosing subtests (tailor to individual needs) |
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| complete linguistic orientation; based on language processing modell |
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paucity of normative data (almost none)
no validity & reliability have been established
focus is on nouns
not for diagnosing aphasia or describing severity
may need adaptaion for use in US |
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| Comprehensive aphasia test has 3 things. |
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1. Cognitive screen
2. language battery
3. Disability Questionnaire |
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| Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia (BASA) is designed as a ___ exam for ___ patients. How long does it take to administer? __ items. __ & __ responses recoreded. |
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bedside exam for SEVERE patients.
it takes 20-30 min.
61 items.
verbal & gestural responses are recorded |
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| VAST Verb & sentence test |
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- developed to investigate disorders affecting production & comprehension of VERBS and SENTENCES.
- used for wide population of ppl w/ aphasia
- provides insights about underlying impairments
- motivates therapy |
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| VAST subtests of COMPREHENSION |
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Verb & sen. Comprehension
- grammaticality judgement |
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| VAST subtests of PRODUCTION |
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action naming
FITB: finite V's & infinitives in sentences
Sentence construction
sen anagrams w/ & w/o pics
Wh-anagrams (who, what where when) |
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3 hours
may administer selective tests
flexibility in scoring (not standardized like PICA) |
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good internal consistency
(no test-retest available)
not a huge normative sample |
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| A BEDSIDE EXAM is a ___ procedure used to explore ___ & ___. |
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| SCREENING PROCEDURE; used to explore STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES (across diff lang modalities) |
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| Typical procedures for a bedside exam: |
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- sample spontaneous speech, conversational speech
- repetition
- comprehension
- wrd finding
reading & writing |
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Screening tests are used to determine what?
___ may be questionable, particularly for mild cases. |
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the presence of aphasia & if additional testing is needed.
SENSITIVITY may be questionable particularly for mild cases |
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| What are 2 examples of screening tests? |
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ALPS (Aphasia Language performance scales)
BEST-2 (Bedside Evaluation Screening Test) |
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| Cognitive screens are not usually included in an aphasia battery, but what tests is it in? |
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| WAB & BDAE: Cognitive screens look at non-linguistic visuospatial reasoning |
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| What are 2 cognitive screens that can be used w/ and aphasia battery? |
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Ravens coloured progressive matrices
TONI=test of non verbal intelligence |
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Prognostic variables:
age
gender
education & premorbid intelligence
etiology/type of stroke
time post-onset
lesion
motor speech disorders
physical status
mental health
medications
Cognitive functioning
aphasia severity
aphasia type (global 3+mo bad; anomic good)
Insights/self cueing
responsiveness to cueing/trial therapy
attitude
family support |
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| Statistical prediction of recovery: PICA |
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predictors:
high-low (score) gap
- high overall prediction (HOAP)
- peak-mean difference |
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| The WHO (world health organization) has the ICF (international classification of funcitoning, health, and disability) [partner to the ICD international classification of disease] & serves as the framework for _____'s scope of practice |
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international classification of FUNCTIONING, disability and health
1. functioning & Disability
body functions, structures, activity & participation
2. Contextual factors
environmental factors
personal factors (intelligence, attention probs) |
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| The FIM (Functional independence measure) is a rating of __. and has a general view, not sensitive to changes that might happen due to therapy. |
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indepedence/dependence (1-7)
The team gets together and rates |
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- self care
- sphincter control
- mobility transfer
- locomotion
- communication
- social cognition |
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