Aphasia
Shorter of the two famous standardized aphasia tests, takes 1-2 hours to classify aphasia types. Quotient scores can show incremental change.
What is the WAB-R (Western Battery of Aphasia)?
Assesses: Immediate memory, Visuospatial/Constructional, Language, Attention, Delayed memory
What is Repeatable Battery for ASsessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS)?
V-RQOL stands for this
What is Voice-Related Quality of Life
At the very beginning of the process with a client, this should be the first step to AAC assessment (week 5_chapter 6 slide deck.)
What is proper positioning?
A standardized assessment designed to assess apraxia in adults
What is the ABA 2nd Edition?
Apraxia Battery for Adults
Criterion referenced test to assess strengths and weaknesses in five cognitive domains: Attention, Memory, Executive Functions, Language and Visuospatial Skills
What is the CLQT?
Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test
Test that mimics life used to assess behavioral memory
What is the Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test or RBMT?
This is indicated by a high score on the V-RQOL
What is an Excellent Quality of Life?
When assessing motor capabilities you need some form of direct selection for assessment and you should start with this style of question. (Week 5_Chapter 6)
What are yes/no questions?
What are intelligibility, comprehensibility and/or naturalness/acceptability of speech?
Longer of the two famous tests(1-4 hrs OR bedside screener 30-34 min). Norm referenced, classify by score. 8 Substrates: fluency, auditory comp, naming, oral reading, repetition automatic speech, reading comp, & writing
What is the BDAE?
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination
A non-standardized assessment might use these two styles of language samples to assess discourse
What are monologic and conversationsal?
Indicated by a high score on the Voice Handicap Index
What is severe handicap?
Often seen in patients with vocal fold paralysis or severe scarring
1. Hands and arms
2. Head and orofacial
3. Foot and leg
When assessing motor capabilities, what are direct selection stages?
When assessing respiration during speech, reading and conversation, these are signs you should look for
What are:
Rapid/shallow/effortful breathing
signs of shortness of breath
irregular inhale/exhale?
What is the Communication Abilities in Daily Living?
CADL-3
Assess real world tasks, consider multiple opinions related to causes for problems, test possible causes in systemic manner.
What is contextualized, collaborative hypothesis testing?
An s/z ratio higher than this number indicates vocal pathology is likely
What is 1.4?
A type of scanning where the cursor moves on it's own and releasing a switch stops it
What is automatic?
When assessing resonance listen for this
What is hyper/hyponasality and nasal emission?
Note: hypernasality is a salient feature of flaccid dysarthria but may be present in spastic dysarthria
Test to evaluation social emotional factors related to communication. Rating scale for or caregiver.
What is the ASHA Quality of Life Communication Scale?
Standardized test of attention
What is Attention Process Test (APT), Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT), or Trial Making Test, Test of Everyday Attention (TEA)?
An assessment tool used to perceptually analyze the voice
(Roughness, breathiness, strain)
What is the GRABAS Scale or CAPE-V?
A type of scanning where the cursor moves one step with each activation of the switch.
What is step scanning?
Timed syllables used to assess articulation.
What are the DDKs?