Comprehensive Aphasia Test (Multiple-component retail product, 2 ed)

Acknowledgements 1. Introduction Aphasia tests The need for the CAT The advantages of the CAT Structure of the CAT 2. Directions for Administration and Rationale General introduction to administration of the test battery Detailed guide to rationale and administration of subtests THE COGNITIVE SCREEN 1. Line bisection 2. Semantic memory 3. Word fluency 4. Recognition memory 5. Gesture object use 6. Arithmetic THE LANGUAGE BATTERY Part 1: Language comprehension 7. Comprehension of spoken words 8. Comprehension of written words 9. Comprehension of spoken sentences 10. Comprehension of written sentences 11. Comprehension of spoken paragraphs Part 2: Expressive language Repetition 12. Repetition of words 13. Repetition of complex words 14. Repetition of nonwords 15. Repetition of digit strings 16. Repetition of sentences Spoken language production 17. Naming objects 18. Naming actions 19. Spoken picture description Reading aloud 20. Reading words 21. Reading complex words 22. Reading function words 23. Reading nonwords Writing 24. Writing: Copying 25. Writing picture names 26. Writing to dictation 27. Written picture description THE APHASIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE General introduction to the rationale and administration of the AIQ Detailed guide to rationale and administration of subtests 28. Communication 29. Participation 30. Emotional Well-Being Modality summary scores The cognitive screen The language battery The aphasia impact questionnaire T-score transformation 3. Interpretation of Results THE COGNITIVE SCREEN 1. Line bisection 2. Semantic memory 3. Word fluency 4. Recognition memory 5. Gesture object use 6. Arithmetic THE LANGUAGE BATTERY Part 1: Language comprehension 7. Comprehension of spoken words 8. Comprehension of written words 9. Comprehension of spoken sentences 10. Comprehension of written sentences 11. Comprehension of spoken paragraphs Part 2: Expressive language Repetition 12. Repetition of words 13. Repetition of complex words 14. Repetition of nonwords 15. Repetition of digit strings 16. Repetition of sentences Spoken language production 17. Naming objects 18. Naming actions 19. Spoken picture description Reading aloud 20. Reading words 21. Reading complex words 22. Reading function words 23. Reading nonwords Writing 24. Writing: Copying 25. Writing picture names 26. Writing to dictation 27. Written picture description THE APHASIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE 28. Communication 29. Participation 30. Emotional well being THE T-SCORE PROFILE Example 1: Patient RP Example 2: Patient UA Example 3: Patient AC 4. Reliability and Validity Standardisation samples T-score transformation Reliability Test?retest reliability Inter-rater reliability Comparing modality summary scores Construct validity The cognitive screen The language battery Predictive validity Concurrent validity 5. Predicting Aphasia Recovery Introduction Study design Subjects Assessment Data management Results Patterns of recovery Predicting performance at 12 months Discussion Effects of therapy Comment References Appendices 1. Worked examples (subtest 19) 2. Derivation of T-scores from raw scores for cognitive subtests 3. Derivation of T-scores from raw scores for language comprehension subtests 4. Derivation of T-scores from raw scores for repetition and naming subtests 5. Derivation of T-scores from raw scores for reading and writing subtests 6. Derivation of T-scores from raw scores for spoken andwritten description subtests 7. Derivation of "frontal" T-scores from the relationship betweenthe scores in word fluency and naming objects