Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser

Assessment of Aphasia (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

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 bedside screening 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, and invidulas 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 chapters cover 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 test selection and interpretation. The book is a thorough and practical resource for speech and language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and their students and trainees.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2002
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780198032250
• Artikelnr.: 38129242

Autorenporträt

Otfried Spreen, Emeritus Professor of Psychology, University of Victoria, Canada, and Anthony H. Risser, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Houston, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Introduction
1: Introduction to Aphasia Assessment
2: History of Aphasia Assessment
3: Purposes of Assessment
4: Construction Principles of Aphasia Tests
Part II: Contemporary Tests and Methods
5: Clinical Bedside Examination
6: Screening Tests
7: Tests of Specific Aspects of Language Behaviour
8: Functional Communication
9: Comprehensive Examinations
Part III: Tests for Children
10: Issues in the Testing of Children
11: Tests for Infants and Young Children
12: Tests for School-Age Children
Part IV: Contemporary Clinical Practice
13: Issues in General Clinical Practice
14: Brain Injury and Right Hemisphere Populations
15: Assessment of Language in the Healthy Elderly and in Dementia
16: Aphasia Testing in Non-English Language and Bilingual Patients
17: Test Choice and Interpretation of Assessment