Kate Swinburn, Gillian Porter, David Howard
The Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT) is a test for use with people who have acquired aphasia, that can be completed over one or two assessment sessions. The test includes a user manual, a ring-bound cognitive screen and language battery, a pack of 10 scoring booklets, which are all unchanged since the previous edition, and - new to this release - a concise Aphasia Impact Questionnaire (AIQ) which replaces the Disability Questionnaire.
By capturing this information, the CAT helps the therapist track changes over the course of recovery and provides a guide to likely outcomes on the basis of an early assessment. The first two sections of the CAT are supported by normative data on people both with and without aphasia, and extensive data on reliability and clinical validity. The CAT allows users to:
Structured around fully up-to-date models of language assessment, from cognitive neuropsychology to patient reported outcome measures, test is an indispensable resource for speech and language therapists and researchers. It provides as much information about people's language ability as possible in a relatively brief test designed to be completed in 90-120 minutes.
Key features of the CAT:
Acknowledgements
THE COGNITIVE SCREEN
1. Line bisection
2. Semantic memory
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
Modality summary scores
3. Interpretation of Results
THE COGNITIVE SCREEN
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
4. Reliability and Validity
5. Predicting Aphasia Recovery
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