What are the different types of assessing aphasia?

The term "aphasia" describes interference, often caused by brain damage, in the ability to understand or present speech. Afase can be divided into two specific types: expressive aphasia and receptive aphasia. The pathologist of the speech language (SLP) is trained to identify the types of aphasia with which the patient represents and assess the condition using one of several techniques. Different types of assessment of aphasia include Halsatead screening test, token test, veranda index of communication capacity (PICA) and Minnesota test for differential diagnosis of aphasia (MTDDA). Other types of assessment of aphasia are the examination of diagnostic aphasia in Boston and communication skills in the daily screening test of everyday life (cloth). Screening tests do not require specialized training by the evaluator. However, they should be carried out by a competent healthcare provider. Using available tools for assessing Afrasia pathologist speech language adjusts the patient therapy and plans a program for speech optimization for the most successful inResults achievable.

The two most common screening tests for assessing aphasia are Halstead screening test and token test. The Halstead screening test, developed in 1984, requires the entity to perform a number of tasks such as spelling common words, the names of common objects and identifying numbers and letters. The patient may also be asked to read, write and understand the spoken language to identify the severity of the receptive and expressive aphasia. The token test, revised in 1978, is an easy -to -run test that requires 20 tokens that differ in shape, size and color. The patient will be asked to identify more than 60 combinations, drought to be asked to "touch the red square" or "put the green rectangle on the upper part of the blue circle."

A more comprehensive assessment of aphasia requires that the evaluator has extensive training in conducting aphasia tests. Minnesota test for differentialThe diagnosis of aphasia provides evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the patient in all language modalities. It is the most comprehensive tests that require two to six hours. MTDDA consists of more than 40 subtests divided into five sections such as hearing disorders, visual impairment and speech/language disorders.

Boston diagnostic examination of aphasia, developed in 1972, contains more than two dozen subtests that diagnose the presence of aphasia, measures the level of performance to a wide range and assess the severity of deficits in all areas of language. The patient gets a score that objectively describes the level of the displayed aphasia.

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veranda index of communication capacity consists primarily as an objective degree of language deficit. It is also an indicator of a patient's patient for recovery. Subtests require the patient to participate in manipulation of objects, visual comparison and copying abstract forms.

Communication skills in everyday life is recently exportedInuté evaluation of aphasia. The patient deals with exercise for playing roles that simulates normal activities such as being in a doctor's office or in food store. Patients are asked to answer more than 60 specific questions, and each answer is sorted on a three -point scale depending on how effective the patient communicated their thoughts.