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Assessment of Aphasia Otfried Spreen and Anthony H. Risser 2003, Oxford University Press Available November 2002 at Oxford University Press From the Flap 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, individuals with dementia, as well as the healthy elderly. Taking a flexible and empirical approach to the assessment process in their own clinical practice, Spreen and Risser review numerous test instruments for professionals and students-in-training to choose from in their own use. The introductory chapters cover the history of aphasia assessment, an outline of subtypes of aphasia-both neuroanatomically 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. Assessment of Aphasia is a thorough and practical resource for speech and language pathologists, neuropsychologists, and their students and trainees. Table of Contents One: Introduction 1.INTRODUCTION TO APHASIA ASSESSMENT 2.HISTORY OF APHASIA ASSESSMENT 3.PURPOSES OF ASSESSMENT 4.CONSTRUCTION PRINCIPLES OF APHASIA TESTS Two: Contemporary Tests and Methods 5.CLINICAL BEDSIDE EXAMINATION 6.SCREENING TESTS 7.TESTS OF SPECIFIC ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR 8.FUNCTIONAL COMMUNICATION 9.COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATIONS Three: Tests for Children 10.ISSUES IN THE TESTING OF CHILDREN 11.TESTS FOR INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN 12. TESTS FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN Four: 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