Assessment/Diagnosis Flashcards

Question

Neurosensory Center Comprehensive Examination for Aphasia (NCCEA)

Answer 1

Goal is not to determine typologies No spontaneous speech sample - a weakness for us, but this wasn't developed for SLPs, very few SLPs use this test 20 subtests Standardization : normative data for children, mean score for all ages, linear effects of age This is the only test battery that tells us if a pt. has a problems with the corpus callosum

Answer 2

No one uses this test anymore Based on pt's potential to recover To determine strengths and weaknesses within all modalities A guide for treatment No differentiation of disorder types Additional dx of perceptual and motor disorders Degree of deficit-percentage of errors Classification of aphasia plus sensorimotor disorders - 5 Groups with recovery potentials

Answer 3

Group 1 = simple aphasia - most potential for recovery Group 2 = aphasia is complicated by "central involvement of visual processes" Group 3 = simple aphasia + sensorimotor involvement Group 4 = simple aphasia + visual involvement and dysarthria Group 5 = Global aphasia

Answer 4

Provision for repeated testing for residual functions, language recovery Portrayal of performance in a numerical format (1-10) Processing test Recovery documentation with precision Ideal for plotting recovery Conforms to psychometric procedures for reliability Requires certification to give - Worst part about this test Liked by VA SPPA clinics Multidimensional scoring on 1-16 scale - Best part about this test

Answer 5

3 areas and 18 subtests: verbal (4), gestural (8), graphic (6) 10 objects for homogeneity Sequentially arranged test items Looks at several input and output modalities for central language processing

Answer 6

Accuracy (degree of correctness) Responsiveness (ease with which an appropriate response is elicited) Completeness (extent to which the task is entirely carried out) Promptness (degree of immediateness in the response) Efficiency (proficiency of production)

Answer 7

There are 18 subtests with 10 items each - 180 items Data is transformed into: Test means (means for each subtest) Modality means (mean for each of the 3 modalities) Overall performance score (divide the 18 subtests into the 9 highest and the 9 lowest, then find the mean of each)

Answer 8

Token Test CADL Boston Naming Word Fluency test Raven's Progressive Matrices (part of the WAB) Ross Information Processing Assessment (R Hemispheric lesions and cognitive impairments) Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test (TBI)

Answer 9

A test battery for auditory comprehension Short test least intellectual difficulty considerable linguistic weight 20 tokens of 2 sizes & shapes, and 5 colors no cues from SLP gestural responses to verbal commands (no speech required)

Answer 10

Used as a research test just like the Token Test but for expressive language incorporates Token Test stimuli and commands Pt. commentates on what the SLP is doing

Answer 11

Focus on functional communicative ability Performance in simulated activities of daily importance (phone calls, shopping) Emphasis on communication rather than language Responses in any mode of communication Construction : 68 items Scoring: Correct = 2 Adequate = 1 (giving a false age bc you think its rude someone asked) Wrong = 0 35 mins.

Answer 12

Standard version has 60 pictured objects, short version has 15 items mark correct response, response latency (time), verbatim incorrect response start at item 1 for young children and aphasics, start at item 30 for older children and non-aphasics discontinue after 8 consecutive failures Cues: Stimulus cues provided, if the subject is still unsuccessful proceed to phonemic cueing

Answer 13

Good indicator of intact brain function - quick bedside assessment One of the most sensitive tests for brain injuries Normal is 10 words/min (must be done in 1min) Semantic fluency (name as many foods in one min) Phonemic fluency (give a phoneme and list all words that start with that sound)

Answer 14

Test of nonverbal reasoning Non-controlled so we can give it Focuses on intelligence and reasoning with lower verbal load Patient has to choose the missing piece of the pattern Normative data for adults and kids

Answer 15

Not a true IQ test Can be given in a very short amt. of time Looks at: Information organization Auditory processing and retention ``` Subtests: immediate memory (repetition of numbers and sentences) ``` recent memory (how long have you been in the hospital) temporal orientation (current year, season) spatial orientation (what state/city/building) orientation to environment (who am I? name?) recall of general info (president) problem solving (if you run out of gas) Scores: Confabulation, denial, delayed, error, irrelevant, perseveration, self-connect, tangential

Answer 16

``` Tests: Personal facts symbol cancellation confrontation naming clock drawing story retelling auditory comprehension symbol trails generative naming design memory design generation ```

Answer 17

Pre-morbid language and intelligence Socio-cultural habit of communication Ethnic influence Bilingualism - Second language testing - Pre-morbid language ability in native language - motivation/attentiveness

Answer 18

Bilingual Aphasia Test Multilingual Aphasia Exam BDAE and Token Test and WAB and CADL in other languages

Answer 19

first sentence should include lots of info self description of symptoms Referral developing picture (medical history, educational history, vocational and social history) testing results impressions/classifications summary (most revealing) 2 most important parts of report: Developing picture and summary

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