A Comparison of the BAT and BDAE-SF Batteries in Determining the Linguistic Ability in Greek-Speaking Patients with Broca's Aphasia

Autor/inn/en	Peristeri, Eleni; Tsapkini, Kyrana
Titel	A Comparison of the BAT and BDAE-SF Batteries in Determining the Linguistic Ability in Greek-Speaking Patients with Broca's Aphasia
Quelle	In: Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 25 (2011) 6-7, S.464-479 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0269-9206
DOI	10.3109/02699206.2011.560991
Schlagwörter	Listening Comprehension; Speech Communication; Syntax; Aphasia; Language Impairments; Patients; Bilingualism; Greek; Language Tests; Diagnostic Tests; Validity; Reliability; Correlation; Test Results; Reading Comprehension; Language Skills + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hörverständnis; Expressive Aphasie; Aphasie; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Patient; Bilingualismus; Grieche; Griechisch; Language test; Sprachtest; Diagnostic test; Diagnostischer Test; Gültigkeit; Reliabilität; Korrelation; Leseverstehen; Language skill; Sprachkompetenz
Abstract	The aim of this study is to test the validity and reliability of the Bilingual Aphasia Test as a measure of language impairment in a Greek-speaking Broca's aphasic population and to investigate relationships with the same aphasic group's performance on the Greek version of the short form of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination battery, mainly focusing on a series of subtests which are shared by the two batteries, yet occasionally differ in content. Correlation analyses showed that the two instruments yielded highly comparable results with respect to the measurement of reading and listening comprehension, as well as in the performance-based measurement of the automated sequence capacity of the patients. Nevertheless, the Bilingual Aphasia Test, as a more extensive battery, proved to be more sensitive and objective in characterizing the patients' language abilities in a number of individual language functions, including commands, sentence repetition, naming, verbal fluency and syntactic comprehension. (Contains 5 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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