Assessment of aphasia / Otfried Spreen, Anthony H. Risser.

Author/creator Spreen, Otfried
Other author Risser, Anthony H.
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionxvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction -- Introduction to aphasia assessment -- History of aphasia assessment -- Purposes of assessment -- Construction principles of aphasia tests -- Contemporary tests and methods -- Clinical bedside examination -- Screening tests -- Tests of specific aspects of language behavior -- Functional communication -- Comprehensive examinations -- Tests for children -- Issues in the testing of children -- Tests for infants and young children -- Tests for school-age children -- Contemporary clinical practice -- Issues in general clinical practice -- Brain injury and right hemisphere populations -- Assessment of language in the healthy elderly and in dementia -- Aphasia testing in non-english language and bilingual patients -- Test choice and interpretation of assessment.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-286) and indexes.
LCCN 2002066802
ISBN0195140753 (cloth : alk. paper) :

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