Assessment Of Aphasia

by Otfried Spreen; Anthony H. Risser

• ISBN13: 9780195140750
• ISBN10: 0195140753
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-11-21
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Spreen and Risser present a comprehensive, critical review of available methods for the assessment of aphasia and related disorders in adults and children. The authors explore test instruments and approaches that have been used traditionally for the diagnosis of aphasia, ranging from bedsidescreening and ratings, to tests of specific aspects of language, and to comprehensive and psychometrically standardized aphasia batteries. Coverage of other methods reflects newer trends, including the areas of functional communication, testing of bilingual patients, psycholinguistic approaches,and pragmatic and discourse-related aspects of language in everyday life. The authors also examine the expansion of language assessment to individuals with non-aphasic neurological disorders, such as patients with traumatic brain injury, lesions of the right hemisphere, the healthy elderly, andinvidulas with dimentia. Taking a flexible and empirical approach to the assessment process in their own clinical practice, Spreen and Risser review numerous test instruments and their source for professionals and students-in-training to choose from in their own use. The introductory chapterscover the history of aphasia assessment, a basic outline of subtypes of aphasia- both neuro-anatomically and psycholinguistically-, and the basic psychometric requirements for assessment instruments. The final part discusses issues in general clinical practice, specifically questions of testselection and interpretation. The book is a thorough and practical resource for speech and language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and their students and trainees.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Introduction to Aphasia Assessment

History of Aphasia Assessment

Purposes of Assessment

Construction Principles of Aphasia Tests

Contemporary Tests and Methods

Clinical(Bedside)Examination

Screening Tests

Tests of Specific Aspects of Language

Functional Communication Measures

Comprehensive Test Batteries

Tests for Children

Issues in the Testing of Children

Tests for Infants and Young Children

Tests for School-Age Children

Contemporary Clinical Practice

Issues in General Clinical Practice

Assessment of Language and Communication Problems in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and with Lesions of the Non-Dominant Hemisphere

Assessment of Language in the Healthy Elderly and in Dementia

Aphasia Testing in Foreign-Language and Bilingual Patients

Test Choice and Interpretation of Assessment

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