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Western Aphasia Battery- Revised
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STROKE
TBI
Social
APHASIA
LANGUAGE
Assesment:
- AQ (Aphasia Quotient): scores severity of language impairment
- CQ (Cortical Quotient): score on nonverbal tests
- LQ (Language Quotient): score on reading and writing
- AQ score > 93.8 considered not aphasic,
AQ score < 93.8 considered aphasic
Dementia
- Fluency, comprehension, repetition, and naming can be used for classification of aphasia
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Western Aphasia Battery- Revised
(WAB-R)
What is it?:
Administration
-Individually administered assessment for adults with acquired neurological disorders
- Assesses the linguistic skills most frequently affected by aphasia, in addition to key non-linguistic skills, and provides differential diagnosis information.
Andrew Kertesz
Materials
Pearson, 2006
Purpose:
Objects: Cup, matches, pencil, flower, comb, screwdriver, pen, book, ball, knife, safety pin, hammer, toothbrush, eraser, (pad)lock, key, paperclip, watch, rubber band, spoon, tape, fork
Items in room: window, chair, desk/bed, light, door, ceiling
Body parts: ear, nose, eye, chest, neck, chin, thumb, index finger, ring finger, little finger, middle finger, right ear, right shoulder, left knee, ankle, right wrist, left elbow, left elbow, right cheek
Stimulus book
Time
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Colleen Hinrichs
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June 2, 2015
SHH 673
- Determine presence, severity, and type of Aphasia
-Measure the patient's level of performance
-Provide comprehensive assessment of the patient's language assets and deficits
-Infer location and etiology of the lesion causing aphasia
Full battery: 30-45 minutes, additional 45-60 minutes for the reading, writing, praxis, and construction sections
-Bedside: 15 minutes
Subtests:
Setup
1. Spontaneous Speech*
2. Auditory Verbal Communication*
3. Repetition*
4. Naming and Word Finding*
5. Reading
6. Writing
7. Praxis
8. Constructional, Visuospatial, and Calculation tasks
1. Collect items needed for assessment
2. Seat patient at a table facing the examiner
3. Obtain patient case history
4. Score each item during the test, then total the sub tests after the evaluation session.
5. For specialized instruction for each sub test, refer to test protocol.