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The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination provides a comprehensive exploration of a range of communicative abilities. Its results are used to classify patient's language profiles into one of the localization based classifications of aphasia: Broca's, Wernicke's, anomic, conduction, transcortical, transcortical motor, transcortical sensory, and global aphasia syndromes, although the test does ...
The Boston Naming Test (BNT), introduced in 1983 by Edith Kaplan, Harold Goodglass and Sandra Weintraub, is a widely used neuropsychological assessment tool to measure confrontational word retrieval in individuals with aphasia or other language disturbance caused by stroke, Alzheimer's disease, or other dementing disorder. [1]
Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) is an instrument for assessing the language function of adults with suspected aphasia as a result of a stroke, head injury, or dementia. The updated version is the Western Aphasia Battery-Revised (WAB-R). [1] The battery helps discern the presence, degree, and type of aphasia.
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Man Paralyzed In Diving Mishap Has Medical Miracle A Year After Ai-powered Brain Implant. After the stimulation, the patients were able to walk without assistance and even climb stairs, according ...
For example, using reading tests in patients with aphasia. Examples of hold tests used: National Adult Reading Test (NART) [1] North American Adult Reading Test (NAART) [1] Picture Completion subtest of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale [3] Similarities subtest of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale [3] Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (WTAR) [1]
The comprehensive aphasia test (CAT) was created by Kate Swinburn (from Connect: a charity for people with aphasia), Gillian Porter (an NHS therapist from Hertfordshire) and David Howard (a Research Development Professor). The CAT is a new test for people who have acquired aphasia, the impairment of language ability. The comprehensive ...
The Halstead–Reitan Neuropsychological Test Battery (HRNB) and allied procedures is a comprehensive suite of neuropsychological tests used to assess the condition and functioning of the brain, including etiology, type (diffuse vs. specific), localization and lateralization of brain injury.