APHASIAEXAMINATION
BOSTONDIAGNOSTIC
Date:
Casenumber
Name
Address
Age -
Gender(circleone)
Date of birth
Birthplace
Education_
Grade completed_
M
F
At what age?
Occupational
History
LanguageHistory:
Englishonly_
BilingualLanguage(s)
FirstLanguage_
Handedness(circleone)
Languagespokenat home
Right
Left
Ambidextrous
Familialsinistralityin first degree relatives(specifyrelationshipand whether
maternal or paternal)
Nature and duration of present illness
Hemiplegia (circleone)
Right
Left
Recovered
Absent
Hemianopia (circleone)
Right
Left
Recovered
Absent
Localizing lnformation
Sourceof Localizinginformation
Operative Information
(1)
I. CONVERSATIONALAND EXPOSITORYSPEECH
A. Simpte Social Responses:(For Short, Standard, and Extended testing)
Conduct an informal exchange, incorporating suggested questions, to elicit as many of
the desired responsesas possible. Write responsesverbatim. Tape record if possible.
1. "HOW AREYOU TODAY?"("Okay,"
response)
"Fine," or other appropriate
or "HAVE I EVERTESTEDYOU
2. "HAVEYOU EVERBEENHEREBEFORE?"
"No,"
("Yes,"
or other relevantresponse)
BEFORE?"
YOU?" ("1think so,"
3. "DO YOU THINKWE CAN HELP(HAVEHELPED)
equivalent.)
"Maybe," or
("1 hope so" or equiva4. "DO yOU THINKYOU CAN MAKEANY MOREPROGRESS?"
lent.)
5. "WHENAREYOU GOINGTO BE LEAVINGHERE?"("1don't knoW"
etc.)
"Prettysoon,"
6. "WHAT IS YOUR FULLNAME?"
7. "WHAT lS YOUR FULLADDRESS?"(Numben street, and city
required. Probe for omitted elements).
Score:Number of appropriate social responseselicited -17
B. Free Conversation: In order to elicit as much conversation as possible, it is suggested
"WHAT KIND OF WORK WERE
that the examiner start with a familiar topic, such as
"TELL
TO BRINGYOU
ME WHAT HAPPENED
YOU BECAMEILL?"or
YOU DOINGBEFORE
HERE."Encourageat least three minutes of conversation,if possible.Avoid questions
"Yes" or "No" responses.lf tape recording is not used, write verbatim
that would elicit
as much as possible.
Verbatim transcript:
(2)
C. PictureDescription:(ForShort,Standard,and Extendedtesting)
"TELLME EVERYTHING
YOU SEE
Presentthe 'CookieTheft' pictureon card 1 and say,
picture
and
ask for
of
the
features
to
neglected
Point
THIS
PICTURE."
lN
GOINGON
apparent
his/her
than
is
skimpier
patient's
response
if
the
elaboration
potential.Write verbatim as much as possible.For Standardand Extended
administration,tape recordingand transcriptionare recommendedin order to
facilitate scoring.
Verbatimtranscript:
OF THE
AND DEFINITIONS
TURNTO NEXTPAGE(4) FORSCORINGTNSTRUCTIONS
PLEASE
BELOW.
TO
BE
SCORED
ELEMENTS
DISCOURSE
number I o/oof utterances
i
I
t
1. Total number of Utterances
I 100o/o
2. EmptyUtterances
l-%
3. SubclausalUtterances
t_%
4. SingleClauseUtterances
I -o/o
Utterances
t. Multi-clause
l-%
Deletions
S. Aqrammatic
I -o/o
-
per utterance)
lndex(Clauses
t. Complexity
I
t
l
t
I
'
o
AND
TO BE APPLIEDTO FREECONVERSATION
SCORINGINSTRUCTIONS
DISCOURSE
AS WELLAS TO NARRATIVE
DESCRIPTION
PICTURE
(AESOP'sFABLES)
1. Marking off Utterances-Usea slash(/) to identify the end of eachutterancein
ttre transcribedsample.An utteranceis defined as a sentenceor as any effort
to expressa thouqht that is terminatedby a pauSqwith a falling inflection'
lmmediatereiteraiionsof the samecontentshouldnot be includedin the
count of utterances.The definitionsbelow assigncodedabbreviationsfor
types of utterance.Enterthe appropriatecodedirectlyover eachutteranceon
the transcriptfor easein counting'
that do not express
2. EmptyUtterances-(Codedas e) lnterjectionsor comments
"l
"Oh
it")'
say
can't
boy! Hard !";
anfJontent of the picture(e.g.,
3. SubclausalUtterances-Thisterm (codedas sc)appliesto any utterancethat
does not includea subjectplus verb, but does includecontentivewords
(nouns,verbs,adjectives,adverbs)bearingon the picture'
4. SingleClauseUtterances-(Codedas c/) Completeor incompleteclauses
containinga verb with its subiectand/or object.
"The
5. Multi-clauseUtterances-(Codedas mc[) More than one main verb (e.9.,
f.. seegthe crow holding a pieceof meat").(Placea mark at eachclauseof an
mcl,for easein counting.)
obligatorywords
6. AgrammaticDeletions-lndicateomissionsof grammatically
(^)
point
of omission'
at
olinflectionalendingswith the codeagr and carat
of Agrammaticdeletions
Examples
a. Articlesbefore concretesingularnouns
"(The)Boy '. . (the)girl .. . (the)cookieiar"
of iuxiliary verbs,copulas,inflectionalendings,prepositions
b. Omissions
"The boy (is) giv (ing) cookies(to the) girl"'
c. Omissionof verb in an SVOconstruction
.,Mother(is washing) . . . dishes.uh . . . washin"' (omitted verb
may be added as a parentheticalcorrection)'
7. ComplexityIndex-(Mean numberof clausesper utterance)Ratioof all clauses
to total numberof utterances.(Countincludeseachclauseof a multi-clause
utterance.)Excludeempty utterancesfrom the count of total utterancesin
Index.
computingthe ComPlexitY
(4)
2. The mouseand the lion'
LION.
1. A MOUSECAMEACROssA SLEEPING
THEMOUSEAND WASABOUTTO EAT
GRABBED
tJP
STJDDENLY
2. THE LiONWOKE
HIM.
HIM' AND THELION
TO REPAY
3. THEMOUSE BEGGEDFORHISLIFEAND PROMISED
BIJTLETHIM GO.
LAIJGHED
CAME ANDTIEDTHE LIONUP TO ATREE'
4. NOT LONGAFTERTHATSOME HUNTERS
CHEWEDAWAY THEROPE'
5. THEMOUSE HEARDTHE LIONGROANANDCAME AND
6.YoUNEVERKNowWHENAWEAKPERSoNMAYRETURNYoUR
K'NDNEsS.
Verbatim transcriPt:
score:e _sc _cl -mcl
(sumof e + sc + c/ + mcl)_ agr -Total utterances
3. Thefox and the stork'
I.THEFoxMETTHEsToRKtNTHEWooDSAND\NV\TEDHIMHoMEFoR
DINNER.
BUT THE
SOUPIN A FLATBOWL.THEFOXLICKEDHISPLATECLEAN'
2. HE SERVED
GETANWHINGUP HISLONGBEAK.
STORKCOTJLDN'T
MET THE iTORK\NV\TEDTHEFOXTO HISPLACEFOR
THEY
3. THE NEXTT1ME
DINNER.
WITH LONGNECKS'HE
THEIRMEAL IN BOTTLES
4. THISTIME THE STORKSERVED
ENJOYEDHISFOODBIJTTHEFOX WENTHUNGRY.
"NOW YOIJANDI AREEVEN."
5. THESTORKSAID,
Verbatim transcriPt:
score:e _sc _ct -mcl
(sumof e + sc + c/
_agr -Total utterances
(6)
+ mcl)-
4. The rabbit and the turtle.
1. THE RABBITCHALLENGEDTHE TURTLETO RACEHIM TO THE FLAG ON A FARAWAY
HILL.
2. THE RABBITTOOK OFFAT A GALLOE AND SOONLEFTTHE TURTLEBEHIND.
3. AFTERAWHILE, THE RABBITWAS SO SUREOF HIMSELFTHAT HE STOPPEDFORA
NAP.
4. WHEN HE WOKE UP AND FINISHEDTHE RACE,HE FOUND THAT THE TURTLEHAD
BEATENHIM.
5. SLOW AND STEADYIS THE BESTRULETO FOLLOW.
Verbatim transcript:
(Sumof e + sc + cl + mcl)Score.'e- sc-cl -mcl -agr -Total utterances
lndexes(basedon all storiesadministered)
1. Totalnumber of utterances
2. Complexitylndex: Computeratio of ALL clauses(counting eachclauseof
multi-clauseutterances)to total utterances,with exclusionof empty
utterances.
to total utterances,
3. Agrammatismlndex: Ratioof grammaticalomissions
as a percentage.
expressed
(7)
o/o
(BAsEDW|oN'P|cTUREDEscR|PT|oN,ANDAEsoP'sFABLEs)
RATINGSCALE
APHASIASEVERITY
0. No usablespeechor auditory comprehension
1. All communicationis through fragmentaryexpression;great needfor inference,
questioning,and guessingby the listener.The rangeof informationthat can be
exchanged-islimitld, andthe listenercarriesthe burdenof communication.
2. Conversationabout familiar subjectsis possiblewith help from the listener.Thereare
frequent failuresto conveythe idea, but the patient sharesthe burdenof
communication.
3. The patient can discussalmost all everydayproblemswith little or no assistance.
howevel makesconversationabout
Reductionof speechand/or comprehension,
certain materialdifficult or impossible.
without
4. Someobvious tossof fluency in speechor facility of comprehension,
expression.
form
of
or
expressed
ideas
on
significantlimitation
5. Minimaldiscerniblespeechhandicap;the patientmay havesubiectivedifficultiesthat
are not obviousto the listener.
RATINGSCALEPROFILEOF SPEECHCHARACTERISTICS
1
AGILITY
1. ARTICUTATORY
facility at phoneme and
syllable level
4. MELODICLINE(PROSODY)
5. PARAPHASIAIN
RUNNINGSPEECH
(Rate only lf PHRASE
LENGTHis 4 or more)
5. WORD FINDING
RETATIVETO FLUENCY
4
5
sometimesclumsY
and effortful
never
impaired
4 words
7 words
t_t_t-t_l-l-l
1 word
t_t_t-l-l-l-l
no syntactic
word groupings
l_t_l-l-l-l-l
word-by-word
or aproiodic speech
simplified or
incomplete forms;
omissionsof required
grammaticalmorPhemes
normal range
of syntax;normal
facilitywith
grammatical
words
sentenceintonation
limited to short phrases
normal speech
melody
t-t-l-l-l-l-l
presentin everY
utterance
1-2 instances
per minute of
conversation
fluent but empty
speech
informationalwords
proportional to fluencY
REPETITION
7. SENTENCE
PercentileScore
8. AUDITORYCOMPREHENSION
Mean Percentileof the
3 Standard Subtests
VOLUME
VOICE
RATE
3
unableto
form speech
sounds
2. PHRASELENGTH
longest occasional
uninterrupted word runs
3. GRAMMATICALFORM
variety of grammatical
constructions; use of
grammatical morPhemes
2
t_t_t-l-l-l-l
30
0-20
l_t_t_l-l-l-l
30
o-20
40
50
60
70-80
90-100
40
50
60
70-80
90-100
Normal
Normal
Normal
Hypophonic
Whisper
Slow
(8)
outputprimarilY
contentwords
Loud
Hoarse
Fast
II. AUDITORYCOMPREHENSION
A. Word Comprehension
(Shortform itemsare in boldfacetype.)Uslngstimulusitems
1. Basicword discrimination
the patient to point to the picture(colo1letter,or numinstruct
37,
ttrrouglr
S
on cards
ber) correspondiigto the spokentest word. Score1 point per item if the.responseis
anidttZ point if the responseis correctin more than 5 seconds.
coriectwithin 5 se-conds
<5"
(1 point)
EnterErroneousResPonses
>5"
(1/2 point)
Fail
(0)
"Showme your ... "
ForBodyParts,Say:
1. Shoufder
2. Cheek
3. Ear
4. Nose
5. Knee
6. Candle
7 . Bear
8. Peanut
9. Shirt
10.
11.
12. Ant
13. Tulip
(Colors)
14. Blue
15. Brown
1 6 . Pink
1 7 . Green
18.Purple
(Letters)
19. T
20. N
21.G
22. K
23. J
(Numbers)
24. 4
25. 13
26. 5
27.)o
28. 257
29. Telephone
30. Deer
3 1 .Hamburger
32.
33. Wagon
34. Screw
35. Swan
36.Spider
37.lris
Totals: Short Form
(e)
I
I
T
Standard Form
t16
t37
2. Word comprehension by categories check off if correct.
circling item chosen.
lndicate incorrect choices hy
116)
a. Tools/tmplements(supplemental Test-cards 107 through
fork
knife
cup
1. SPoon
knife
sqoon
corkscrew
Fork
2,
3. Pliers
wrench
fork
screwdriver
4. Scissors
ctip
wrench
pliers
5. Knife
saw
hammer
plane
6. Corkscrew
pliers
glass
bottle opener
7. Hammer
rolling pin
nail
saw
8. Funnel
glass
straw
bottle
9. Wrench
scissors
screwdriver
hammer
10. Thimble
hammer
scissors
screwdriver
Score:-110
b. Foods(supptementalTest-cards117through 126)
1. Bread
cupcake
Pancakes
cookie
-
2. Pie
Plzza
cheese
-
3. lce cream
pie
cookie
4.Egg
soup
cheese
Pancakes
bread
5. Cake
ice cream
pizza
bread
6. Muffin
pie
hamburger
7. Cheese
pizza
hamburger
Pretzel
cake
8. Pizza
bread
sPaghetti
hamburger
9. SouP
egg
sPaghetti
bread
cake
ice cream
pizza
-10.
Pancakes
cake
Score: -110
c. Animals (Supplemental Test-cards 127 through 136)
bull
bear
1. Horse
rabbit
sheep
2. Pig
horse
dog
3. SheeP
lion
bear
4. figer
bat
mouse
5. Snail
zebra
tiger
6. Lion
-
cow
deer
cow
bull
skunk
rhino
7. Beaver
rabbit
squirrel
cat
8. ElePhant
rhino
giraffe
hippo
9. Bull
gorilla
bear
tiger
10. Squirrel
mouse
skunk
frog
Score:-110
(10)
Word comprehensionby categories(Extendedtesting)
d. Body Parts(Extendedtesting)
fh.- p"tl"rt is askedto poinl on hidher body to the part namedby the examiner
11. Lips
1. Elbow
-
2. Thumb
-
12. Wrist
3. Chin
-
13. Hair
4. Toe
_14.
5. HiP
-
15. Calf
6. Neck
-
16. Knuckles
7. Ankle
-17.
Thigh
8. Eyebrow
_18.
Foot
9. Heel
_20.
-10.Chest
Palm
19. Ring finger
Tongue
Score:----/20
e. Map Locations (Extended testing-pages 3H2)
it thown an outline map of the ll.S. and is asked to point ta the star
n|irti."t
or"i th" named location. Starting with Map 1 on card 38, turn the card to the next
map for each item.
1. Pacific Ocean
2. New York
3. Dallas
4. California
5. Canada
(Return to Maps 1 through 5 on cards38 through 42 for items 6 through 10'r
7. Chicago
8. Miami
9. Atlantic Ocean
10. Maine
_
11. Washington D.C.
-12.
New Orleans
_13.
Oregon
_
14. Montana
15. Kansas
Score:-J15
( 11 )
8. Spider
9. Giove
10. Ambulance
(C+) ls this an insect?(Yes)
(Ph-) Doesit have wings?(no)
(Ph+) ts it smallerthan a bird? (yes)
(F-) Doesit squeak?(no)
(C-) ts it a kind of snake?(no)
(F+) Doesit sPina web? (Yes)
Named?-
(Ph+Sls it soft? (Yes)
(F+) Doesit keePYou warm? (Yes)
(C+) ts it an item of clothing? (Yes)
(no)
(Ph-) Doesit have sleeves?
(F-)ts it good to eat? (no)
(C-) ls it a toy? (no)
Named?-
(F-)ts this to carryanimals?(no)
(C-) ls it a dwelling? (no)
(Ph+) Doesit havea window? (Yes)
(C+) ls it a vehicle?(Yes)
(Ph-)ts it bigger than a fire engine?(no)
(F+) Doesit sounda siren?(Yes)
Named?-
'No'items
Scoring: 'Yes'items
110
c_
110
Ph_
110
F_
Total"yes"-130
c _t10
Ph_ 110
F_ 110
130
Total"no"
Overall correct
B. Commands (Short Form items 2, 3, and 5 are in boldface Upe')
for
H"* tt " patient carry out the following Gommands'giving one point of credit
on
permitted
is
repetition
One
out.
each underlined elemlnt that he or she carries
request, but the whole command must be repeated'
1. Make a fist.
2. Point to the ceiling' then to the floor.
(After lining up a pencil, watch, and card, in that order, on the table in front of the
patient,say...)
3. Put the pencil on top of the card, then put it back'
4. Put the watch on the other side of the pencil and turn over the card'
5. Tap each shoulder twice with two fingers, keeping your eyes shut.
Score: ShortForm - t1O
(13)
StandardForm-/15
160
3. Semanticprobe (Extendedtesting)
St o* tn.- patient the picturesoi cards137 through 146.Ask probe questioll in the
order listed. Thetype-of questionis indicatedin parentheses:C(ategory),Ph(ysical
feature),F(unctioij. The ptusor minus sign indicatesa positive or negative question.
Theorier of quesiion types has heenrandomized acrossthe ten items'After asking
the six probe-questioni,'askthe patient to name the picture. Enter + or after the
"Named?"
question
1. Turkey
2. Pelican
3. Camel
4. Whale
5. Saw
6. Rake
7. Celery
(F+) Do we eat it? (Yes)
(C-) ts it a jungle animal? (no)
(Ph-) Doesit have arms? (no)
(F-) ls it used to plow the field? (no)
(Ph+) Doesit have wings? (Yes)
(C+) ts it a barnyard fowl? (Yes)
Named?-
(C+) ls it a bird? (yes)
(Ph-) Doesit have fur? (no)
(C-) ls it an insect? (no)
(F-) Do we eat them? (no)
(Ph+) Doesit have feathers? (Yes)
(F+) Do they fly? (Yes)
Named?-
(F+) ts it good for carrying loads? (yes)
(C-) ts it a farm animal? (no)
(F-) Do we get ivory from it? (no)
(Ph+) ts it covered with hairT (yes)
(C+) ts it a desert animal? (Yes)
(Ph-) ts it covered with scales?(no)
Named?-
(F-) Doesit lay eggs? (no)
(C-) ts it a jungle animal? (no)
(Ph+) ls it bigger than a lion? (Yes)
(F+) Doesit swim? (yes)
(Ph-) Doesit have feathers? (no)
(C+) Is it a seaanimal? (Yes)
Named?-
(Ph-) ls it soft? (no)
(C-) ts it a carpenter'stool? (Yes)
(Ph+Sls it sharp? (Yes)
(F-) Do we cut cloth with it? (no)
(C-) ts it a kitchen toolT (no)
(F+) Do we useit to cut wood? (Yes)
Named?-
(F-) Do you cut wood with it? (no)
(C+) ts it a garden toolT (Yes)
(Ph-) ts it made of cardboard? (no)
(F+) ts it good for gathering leaves?(yes)
(C-) ts it a kitchen utensil? (no)
(Ph+) ls it heavier than a
screwdriver? (yel
Named?-
(Ph-) ls it blue? (no)
(C-) ls it a fruit? (no)
(F+) Do we eat it? (Yes)
(C+) ts it a vegetable? (Yes)
(F-) Do we broil it? (no)
(Ph+) ls it green? (yes)
Named?-
(12)
8. Spider
9. Glove
10. Ambulance
(C+) ls this an insectT(yes)
(Ph-) Doesit have wings?(no)
(Ph+) ts it smallerthan a bird? (yes)
(F-) Doesit squeak?(no)
(C-) ls it a kind of snake?(no)
(F+) Doesit spina web? (yes)
Named?-
(Ph+) ls it soft? (yes)
(F+) Doesit keepyou warm? (Yes)
(C+) ts it an item of clothing?(Yes)
(no)
(Ph-) Doesit have sleeves?
(F*) ls it good to eat? (no)
(C-)ls it a toy? (no)
Named?-
(F-)ls this to carryanimals?(no)
(C-) ls it a dwelling? (no)
(Ph+) Doesit havea window? (Yes)
(C+) Is it a vehicle?(yes)
(Ph-)ts it bigger than a fire engine?(no)
(F+) Doesit sounda siren?(yes)
Named?-
'No' items
c -110
Scoring: 'Yes'items
c_110
110
Ph_
110
F_
Total "yes" - 130
110
PhF_
llo
130
Total "no"
Overall correct
B. Commands (Short Form items 2, 3, and 5 are in boldface Ape')
H*" ttt" patient carry out the following commands, giving one point of credit for
each underlined element that he or she carriesout. One repetition is permitted on
request, but the whole command must be repeated.
1. Make a fist.
2. Point to the ceiling, then to the floor.
(After lining up a pencil,watch, and card, in that orden on the table in front of the
patient,say...)
3. Put the pencil on top of the card, then put it back.
4. Put the watch on the other side of the pencil and turn over the card.
5. Tap each shoulder twice with two fingers, keeping your eyes shut.
Score: Short Form - l1o
(13)
Standard Form -/15
160
C. Complex ldeational Material (Short Form items in boldface are 1, 2, 5, 6,9, and 10.)
There are 10 pairs of questions,each pair consistingof a yes-item and a no-item. Both
the a analthe b questions must be correctto gain 1 point of credit for each numbered
pair. Note that odd and even numbered items are intermingled, to avoid having a
predictablealternation of yes and no responses.Questions 5 through 10 are based on
short paragraphs, to be read to the patient.
1a. Will a cork sink in water?
2a. Can you use a hammer to pound nails?
1a_b_
1b. Will a stone sink in water?
2b. ls a hammer good for cutting wood?
2 a- b-
3a. Do two pounds of flour weigh more than one?
4a. Will water go through a good pair of rubber boots?
3b. ls one pound of flour heavierthan two?
4b. Will a good pair of rubber boots keep water out?
3a_b_
4 a- b-
"I AM GOINGTO READYOU A SHORTSTORYAND THEN I WILL ASK YOU SOME
ABOUT.IT.ARE YOU READY?"(Readat a normal rate).
QUESTIONS
Mr. Jones had to go to New York. He decided to take a train. His wife drove him to the
station, but on the way they had a flat tire. However, they arrived at the station iust
in time for him to catch the train.
5a. Did Mr. Jones miss his train?
6a. Was Mr. Jonesgoing to New York?
5a-b-
5b. Did he get to the station on time?
6b. Was he on his way home from New York?
6a-b-
"I AM GOINGTO READYOU ANOTHERPARAGRAPH.
ARE YOU READY?"
A soldiertried to casha checkin a bank near his camp.The teller;firm but sympathetic,
said, "You will have to have identificationfrom some of your friendsfrom the camp."
"But I don't have any friends in camp-l'm the
The discouragedsoldieranswered,
"
bugler.
7a. Was the soldier'scheckcashedat once?
8a. Did the soldierhave a friend with him?
7b. Did the teller object to cashingthe check?
8b. Did the soldierhave trouble finding friends?
(14)
7 a_b8a-b-
"IWILLREADYOUANOTHER
ONE.READY?"
A customerwalked into a hotel carryinga coil of rope in one hand and a suitcasein
"Pardonme, siL but will you tell me what the rope is
the other.The hotel clerkasked,
"That's
my fire escape.""l'm sorry,sir,"saidthe clerk,
for?" "Yes,"repliedthe man,
"but all guestscarryingtheir own fire escapesmust pay in advance."
9a. Wasthe customercarryinga suitcasein eachhand?
of this guest?
10a.Wasthe clerksuspicious
9b. Wasthe customercarryingsomethingunusualin one hand?
10b. Did the clerktrust this guest?
9 a-
b-
10 a-
b-
"tAM GOINGTO READONEMOREPARAGRAPH_LISTEN
CAREFULLY."
huntinginstinct.Onecubwill stalkand pounce
The lion cub is bornwith a deep-seated
andthrill exhibitedby a kitten.Duringthe year
on anotherwith the sameeagerness
Skill
play
into a huntingand killingtechnique.
develops
and a half of cubhood,this
warning
to
lions,
and
obedience
comesthrough long practice,imitationof the old
growlsof the mother.
tell how lionslearnto hunt?
1'la. Doesthis paragraph
'12a.Doesthis paragraph
saythat lionsareskillfulkillersfrom the time they are
born?
tell how to hunt lions?
11b. Doesthe paragraph
12b.Doesit saylionsneedpracticebeforethey can
kill their prey?
(15)
11 a -b12 a- bShort Form:-
16
StandardForm:
112
D. Syntactic Processing(Extended testing)
1' TouchingA with B "tN THESEptcrttP,EswE HAVEA FIRK,A coMB,scrssoR5,A
PENCIL,
A KNIFE'ANDA sPoON.(The examinerpointsout eachof these itemson
stimulus cards43 through s4.) EA1HptcruRE suows rHE HAND oF A pERsoN
HOLDINGOR TOUCHINGTHESEOBIECTS.
SHOWME IN WHICHPICTURE
IS THE PERSON
. ' . " (Examiner note: The sentencesare coded as "and" items(N = 2), ,with
+,, items
(i.e.' items that begin by mentioning the agent object first (N = q,
aia uncoded items
in which the agent is mentioned last (N = s1. Theiumber in parenthesesdenotes
fhe
position of the target picture.
_1.
Touchingthe spoonand the scrssors.
(and)(S)
2. Touchingthe fork and the knife. (and) (2)
3. With the comb, touching the pencil.(with +) (3)
With the scrssors,
touching the knife. (with +) (2)
_5.
Touchingthe comb with the spoon. (t)
_6.
Touchingthe scissorswith the comb. (3)
_7.
Touchingthe knife with the spoon.(4)
_8.
With the comb, touching the fork. (with +) (t)
_9.
Touchingthe pencil with the scissors.
(2)
10. Touching the comb with the knife. (3)
11. With the scissors,touching the fork. (with +) (t)
| 2. Touching the fork with the spoon. (4)
Score:"and"
"with +"
_12
uncoded
_lG
Total
_ll2
(16)
14
(Referto cards55 through 59)
2. Reversiblepossessives
"lN
WHICHONEIS . . ' "
THISPICTIJRE,
Say,
Picture Selected
big cat
small cat
1. The mother'skitten
2. The trainer'sdog
_dog
man
3. The ship'scaptain
-caqtain
shiP
4. Thechild'sfather
man
boy
5. Thejockey's horse
horse
iockeY
(Returnto the firct 5 pictureson cards55 through 59 for items6 through 10)
big cat
6. The kitten's mother
7. The dog's trainer
small cat
dog
-man
8. The captain's shiP
ship
caPtain
9. The father's child
boy
man
10. The horse'siockeY
horse
-iockey
Score:
110
Embedded sentences (Refer to cards 60 through 64)
"I AM GOINGTO SHOW YOU SOME PICTURES
OF PEOPLEDOING THINGSWITH EACH
ON EACH CARD AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO
OTHER.THEREWILL BE FOUR PICTURES
(The number gives the
LISTENCAREFULLYTO P\CK THE ONE THAT t DESCR/IBE"'
position of the target on the card)'
1. The boy wearing a hat kicks the girl' (1)
2. The girt is chasing the boy who is wearing boots. (1)
3. The boy is hitting the girl who is sitting down' (4)
4. The chitd calting her mother has dark hair. (3)
5. The man kissing his wife is fat. (4)
Return to the firct 5 pictures on cards 50 through 64 for items 6 through 1O'
6. The girl kicks the boy who is wearing a hat. (3)
7. The boy wearing boots is chasing the girl. (2)
8. The girt hitting the boy is sitting down. (2)
9. The mother is calling her child who has light hair (4)
10. The woman who is fat is kissing her husband. (1)
Score.'
(17)
110
B. Automatized sequences(Short Form: Days and Counting)
Have the patient recite each of the following four series, giving assistancewith the
first word if necessary.Provide further assistanceas needed, but discontinue any series
when four successiveitems are failed. Scoring depends on the number of consecutive
items given without assistancefrom the examiner.
1. Days of the week
Sun.
Mon.
Thur.
Wed.
2. Monthsof the year
Feb.
Jan.
May
June
Sept. Oct.
1 point
2 points
Tues.
Fri.
Sat.
4 consecutive
all
Mar.
July
Nov.
April
Aug.
Dec.
5 consecutive
all
8 consecutive
all
7 consecutive
all
3 . Counting to 21
1 2 3 4 5 5 7 8 9
1 0 1 11 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 1 6
17 ' 1819 20 21
4. Alphabet
a b c d e f g h
i j k l m n o p q
r s t u v w x y z
Score:Short Form
Standard Form
14
/8
C. Recitation. Melody. and Rhythm (Standard and Extended testing)
1. Recitation.Instructthe patient to complete the line for the following rhymes.Words
in parenthesesmay be suppliedas an additionalcue.
Jack and Jill (went)
Hickorydickory dock (the mouse).. . . .
Baa, baa, black sheep (have) . . . .
There was an old woman who lived in
a shoe (she had)
Mycountry ('tis) . . . . . .
(5weet)
(Of thee)
2. Melody.Havethe patient producethe melodyfor "My Country'Tisof Thee," with or
without the words, or melody for any other song that he/sheknows, such as " Happy
Birthday."
( 1e)
3'Rhythm.Theexaminertapseachofthefo|lowingrhythmsonthetable
(5 times), while inviting the patient to continue.
*iEt"oly
" a l o n g ,a l o n g " )
u' w'(as in
'uu'uu
(asin "Longfellow,Longfellow")
' ' ' (as "a longtime,a longtime")
in
w' v
' u u ' ' , ' t ( ^ , i n " S h a v ea n d a h a i r c u t t, w o b i t s " )
Recitation
Ratings:
MelodY
Rhythm
2 (Good)
1 (lmpaired)
0 (Failed)
ERRORCODES
as the Boston
The next three standardform oral Expressionsubtestsas well
following
the
frf"ri"g f"rt provide a columnfor codingerror types. Use
Manualfor the BDAE')
abbreviations.(Formore detaileddefinit'ionsseeihapter 4,
ph
ph/v
v
vlu
n
mw
otu
cl
p
Nonword phonemicallybasedparaphasicerror
Realword phonemicallybasedparaphasicerror
Verbalparaphasia(semanticallyrelated)
Verbalparaphasia(unrelated)
Neologism
error
Multi-word paraphasic/paragrammatic
(not consideredparaphasias)
comments
or
utterances
Other off-target
Circumlocution(not consideredparaphasias)
Perseveration
D. Repetition
1. Singlewords (Boldfaceitemsare in the ShortForm')
repetitio.nby the
Havethe patieni rep""t "".tt of the following words. A single
be intelligible'Make
must
word
the
examinermay be given if requested.Forcred'lt,
impairment'
a checkmarkin thl columnif there is articulation
Articulation
lmpairment
Response
1. Brown
2. Chair
3.
4. Hammock
5 . Purple
6. W
7 . Fifteen
8. 1775
9. Emphasize
10. MethodistEPiscoPal
Short Form-/5
StandardForm-/10
(20)
ErrorCode
2. Repetitionof nonsensewords (Extendedtesting)
a. stemple
b. grite
c. fowshay
d. purjitain
e. altrinkle
Score:- 15
3. Repetitionof sentences(Boldfaceitems 2 and 9 are in the Short Form')
The entire sentenceis presentedfor repetition.Discontinueif the patient fails to
items or appearsfrustrated' Check
producemore than two words on two successive
the
off eachcorrectword, crossout omissions,transcribeerroneousproductionsin
in
the
types
spaceprovided and checkif there is articulationimpairment.Tallyerror
if
correct
is
error code column usingthe Errorcodes providedon page 20. An item
allwords and no extraneouswords are given'
Target Sentence
Articulation
Response
ErrorCode
lmpairment
1. lt's six o'clock.
2. Fathercomeshome.
3. He parksthe car.
4. lt goes between two others'
5. He finds the keYsin his Pocket.
6. They are where theY should be.
7. He unlocksthe heavYoak door.
8. lt looks as if nobodY is around.
9. He picksup the PaPerfrom the
coffee table.
10. He opensit to the sportspagefor
the basketballscores.
Score:
(21)
i
Short Form
StandardForm
12
/10
E. Naming
Naming(Boldfaceitemsare in the Short.Form')
1. Responsive
requiredby the stimulusquestions'
Havethe patient supplythe one-word responses
time to respond'check
Make a check mark in the columnriio*in'g tlte approximate
error codeabbreviationsfrom page20'
off if there is articulationimpairment.Enterthe
Question
Approximatetime to resPond
Fail Articulation Error
>5"
i-s"
lmPairment Code
0
2 points 1 Point
1. What do we tell time with?
2. What You do with a razor?
3. What do You with soaP?
4. What do You do with a Pencil?
5. What do we cut PaPerwith?
6. What color is grass?
7. What do we light a candlewith?
8. How manYthings are in a dozen?
9. What color is coal?
1 0 .Wheredo Yougo to buy
medicine?
Short FormscoreStandardFormscore-
l1O
120
the BNTbooklet)
115
Short Formscorescore
- 160
StandardForm
the following paraphasiatypes from
l,lallyof paraphasiatypes count-the.numberof
se1t9nle Repetition' and Responsive
the Error CoO".ofrfriliin the Word Repetition,
gos#Naming
Test'Enterthesetotals here and on
Namingsubtestsas well as in the
of the subtest'ummary Profile'
the corresponoinJliil-r-Jtrt" i"r"ptraiia sectioi
of Ph and Ph/v)
Phonological(sum
Verbal(sum of v and v/u)
Neologistic(n)
Multi-word (mw)
(22)
2. BostonNamingTest(Transferthe scorefrom
cards55
3. Screeningof specialcategories(short Formand standardtesting; refer to
through 57)
I
t
a. Letters
1.S
2.E
3.7
4.R
b. Numbers
1.7
2.9
3. 13
4.200
c. Colors
1. red
2. green
Score:
/4
Score:
/4
3. blue
4. brown
Score:-/4
Totaf Special Categoriest
112
4. Naming in categories (Extended testing; refer to cards 68 through 77)
c. (continued) Four additionat colors for Extended testing' Add
color naming on Standard Test.
5. gray
5. purple
qedit earned in
7. pink
8. yellow
Score:
/8
d. Actions
"WHATIS (ARE)HE (SHE,IT THEY)
on presentingeach actionpicture, say,
DOING?"
1. eating
2. singing
3. writing
4. digging
5. pouring
6. praying
e. Animals
1. horse
2. pig
3. sheep
4. tiger
5. snail
6. lion
f. Tooldlmplements
1. spoon
2. fork
3. pliers
4. scissors
5. saw
6. corkscrew
7. sewing
8. sweeping
9. proposing
10. kneeling
11. juggling
12. knitting
I
I
112
Score:
112
Score:
112
7. beaver
8. elephant
9. bull
10. squirrel
11. zebra
12. skunk
7. hammer
8. wrench
9. stapler
10. clip
11. compass
12. drill
(23)
I
Score:
IV. READING
A. BasicSymbolRecognition
1. Matchingacrosscasesand scripts(Cards78 and 79; Short,Standard'and
Extendedtesting)
-G
h
-F
pot
-of
s
-b
P
g
B
-Pal
Pot
and
PAL
BAT
pot
P
dot
P
lap
ask
ear
ARE
To
of
-T
t
G
S
g
f
a
T
I
s
Gat
TOP
AT
if
ARE
-
Short FormScore:
StandardFormScore:
14
18
2. Numbermatching
a. Fingersto Arabic numbers
ThJexaminer holds up the numberof fingers shown and the patient matches
this amount to the coirectArabicnumberon card80. Circlethe patient'schoice.
Choice
Fingers
2
6 4 5 3
_5
_
4
5
1
_6
-8
7
4
6
9 6 4 7 5
4 8 2 5 10
Subscore:
-14
b. Arabic numbersmatchedto dot patterns(Card81)
Number
Dot Patterns
-3
3 4 7
5
_ 7
5 4 7
8
_5
s 3 6
4
_ 2
1 4 3 2
Subscore:
- 14
c. Romannumbersmatchedto Arabic numbers(Card82)
Arabic
Roman
7
4
-vl
9
6 5
_ x
5
2 8 1 0 1 2
_lv
5
6 9
-
X
l
9
1
1
8
5
4 12
1
0
S
(24)
u
b
s
c
o
r e : - | 4
Short Formscore-14
Totalnumbers- flZ
B. Word ldentification
10 in
1. Picture-wordmatch(cards83 through 85; short Formitems1,2,6, and
boldface.)
patient to find
The examinerpoints to the picturewithout naming it and asksthe
choice.
its name among the four words on the right. circlethe patient's
Choiceof Words
Picture
1. CLOCK
block time watch clock
2. BED
bib bed sleeP nap
3. BOOK
hook Page read book
4. HOUSE
room mouse house build
5. GHOST
goat witch dead ghost
6. WEIGHT
wait weight pounds weight
7. KNIGHT
king sword knight duel
8. TONGUE
tooth tong torque tongue
9. WREATH
reach bow breath wreath
-10'B|NoCULARte|escopeocutarbinocu|arbinnac|e
ShortFormScore:- 14
StandardFormScore:- 110
2. LexicalDecision(Standardand Extendedtesting)
presentthe first 15 words on card 85 line by line. Havethe patient point to the real
Englishwords in eachrow. scorethe numbercorrectminusthe numberof
nonwordsselected(not lessthan 0)'
gloPe
trade
equal croul
3. lattoon where
ringle
wrint
-4.
whone
5. she
_
Pirron
hin
calm
- 1.
-2.
asPle
StandardFormscore:- 15
taugh
Additionatwords for Extendedtesting
6. asPirin waigh
Phint
stuel
7. bewl sugar
8. Pearl baugh thraught
9. chass whether fringle
choir
screll fenal
_10.
Totalscore:-110
(25)
C. Phonics
1. Homophone Matchinq (Standardand Extendedtesting)
ftre patGnt is required to find which of four words on the line below the target on
card 87 has the same sound as the target. For standard administration, do not
pronounce the target word. lf the patient fails, prompt by saying the target word
"THISWORD lS 'MAIL.'SHOW ME WHICHOF THESEWORDSSOUNDS
aloud. (e.g.,
THE SAME.") Make a note of any assistanceprovided'
Choices
Target
- 1.
mail
meal
male
mall
nail
-2.
weight
wheat
weed
wait
white
-
3. rain
train
reign
rant
pain
-
4. right
thigh
rich
height
write
5. where
wear
wire
whether
here
Score:
15
2. AdvancedPhonicAnalysis-Pseudo homophonematching (Extendedtestlng)
fn" prti.nt is requiied to show which of the four pseudo-words on the line under
the iarget on caid 88 would have the samesound as the target' For standard
administration,do not say the target word aloud.lf needed,provide assistancein
"THISWORDSAYS'OCEAN"
FOURWOULD
WHICHOF THESE
the following form:
PRONOUNCED'OCEAN'?"
ALSOBE
Nonword choices
Target
-
1. ocean
ausin
oshen
otchon
osin
-
2. school
skole
sholl
skule
shull
-
3. cough
kuff
cowse
choo
kawf
-4.
high
hY
hiff
hee
hish
-
5. bright
broit
braik
brYte
breat
Score:
15
D. Derivational and GrammaticalMorphology
1. Matching to spoken sample (Standardand Extendedtesting)
nead thJtarget word aloud and ask the patient to find it among the five choiceson
test card 89.
a. Freegrammatical morPhemes
Choices
Target
up
from
Target
1. from
with
_
2. her
him which her at
_
3. what
are she who
_4.
Ior
_
5. is
by for
is when
6. did
am which at did were
with -
7. be
our than be the in
he
8. so
or their from so do
9. had
had we into any why
10. on
my their out on is
him at
_
what
your us but
if
Choices
he how
-
Score:
(26)
I
110
b. Boundgrammaticalmorphemes(Extendedtesting)
Readthe target word aloud, from the list below, and have the patient find the
matchingword among the five choiceson card 90.
Choices
Target
1. walked
walking
walker
walked
walks
walk
2. broke
broken
break
broke
breaking
broker
j. falling
falling
fell
falls
fallen
fall
4. goes
going
goes
gone
go
went
5. drinks
drank
drink
drunk
drinks
drinking
5. taken
took
taken
take
takes
taking
7. written
write
written
wrote
writing
writes
8. knows
knowing
knew
know
known
knows
9. flew
flv
flown
flying
flew
flies
/0. sees
sees
seeing
seen
see
saw
Score:
-110
Derivationalmorphemes(Extendedtesting)
Readthe target word aloud,from the list below, and ask the patient to find it
amongthe five choiceson card91.
Choices
Target
-
1. sicken
sicker
sickly
sick
sicken
sickness
2.height
height
high
higher
highest
highly
3. vacate
vacation
vacate
vacancy
vacant
evacuate
4. liken
liken
like
likeness
likely
likable
5. solve
dissolve
soluble
solvent
solution
solve
(Returnto lines1 through 5 on stimuluscard for items5 through 10.)
6. sickly
sicker
sickly
sick
sicken
sickness
7. higher
height
high
higher
highest
highly
8. vacant
vacation
vacate
vacancy
vacant
evacuate
9. likely
liken
like
likeness
likely
likable
10. solvent
dissolve
soluble
solvent
solution
solve
Score:-110
(27)
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F. Oral Readingof Sentenceswith Comprehension
The patient is told to read aloud the sentencesfrom card 95 and that questions
will be asked about them later. Record verbatim on the record form. The whole
sentence must be read without error for credit. (Five Short Form items are in
boldface type.)
1. Summertime.
2. A good beach day.
3. Jimand Marypacka picniclunch.
4. They load the car with beach chairsand towels.
5. Off they go with all their equipment.
6. After driving for forty-five minutesthey arrive at the seashore.
7. They decideto go in swimming becausethe water is warm and calm.8. When they emerge from the water they are famished.
9. That is when they realizethey forgot to load their picniclunch.
10. Luckily,they discovera refreshmentstand with a variety of snacksto
choose from.
Readingscore:Short Form -/5
Standard Form -/10
ComprehensionThe patient is instructed to read each of the comprehension
statements aloud on card 95 and then select the correct completion. (The three
comprehensionitems for the Short Form are in boldface.)The examiner may
point to each of the four words for the first item and ask the patient to select
the best completion for that item. Do not read any of the statements or choices
aloud for the patient. The patient may point to his selection,say it aloud, or
both. Credit is given only for the selection of the correct item.
1. Theweatherwas.....
cool sunny crisp rainy
2 . M a r y a n dJ i mr o d ei n a . . . . .
train
boat car plane
3. The trip took about
half a day five minutes 45 minutes two hours
4. Thewaterwas..,..
rough warm
chilly crowded
5 . T h e y f o r g o t t o b r i n ga . . . . .
towel
umbrella lunch swim suit
ComprehensionScore:
Short Form -/3
(2e)
Standard Form -/5
G. ReadingComprehension-sentencesand Paragraphs
The patient is shown the first sample sentence on card 97 and the four choicesto
complete it. The examiner may read the sentenceand each of the choicesaloud and
select the correct completion. The second sample may also be read aloud by the
examiner. The patient is then instructed to read the test sentenceson cards 98 through
101 to him/herself and point to the correct completion without further assistancefrom
the examiner. (The four Short Form items are in boldface type.)
Examples:Water is . . . fly wet dry red
Children play . . . door shoe dime ball
1 .A d o g c a n . . . . .
talk
bark
sing
cat
2.Amotherhasa.....
tree cook child truck
3. Mr. Jonesgives haircutsand shampoos.He is a
shaving boy
butcher barber
4. Many birdscome back in the summer.They build . . . ' .
nests eggs
sparrow
cat
5. Schools and roads cost money. We all pay for them through ' . . . .
houses
country
taxes
Police
6. Artists are people who make beautiful paintings or statues.Another kind of artist
isa...
picture musician librarY soldier
7. Aluminum was once very costly to refine. Now, electricity has solved the refining
problem, and aluminum has become
very strong
a miner
electronic much cheaper
8. The connection between sanitation and diseasebecameclear when Pasteur
showed that food would not decay if germs were killed by heat and then sealed
out. Sterilizationby heat is a result of . . . . .
sanitation
good food
Pasteur'sdiscovery germs
9. Favoritismused to be the rule in Civil Serviceand many jobs paid more than they
were worth. Civil Servicereform has resulted in classifyingpositionsaccordingto
is to . . . . .
The aim of CivilServiceclassification
their dutiesand responsibilities.
't0.
achievehigher salaries
establishfavoritism
effect a reduction in taxes
match the salaryto the duties
In the early days of this country,the functions of government were few in number.
Most of these functions were carried out by local town and country officials,while
centralizedauthority was distrusted.The growth of industry and of the cities has so
changed the situation that the farmer of today is concernedwith . . . . .
local affairs above all
the priceof lumber
the actionsof the government
the authority of town officials
Score:Short Form -/4
(30)
StandardForm -/10
V. WRITING
A. Mechanicsof Writing (Short Form in boldface)
Instruct the patient to perform the nine numbered writing tasks listed below on
the following page (32) of this booklet. Use page 34 for any overflow. Enter the
numerical scoring code in each column on the row correspondingto its item. Note: In
scoring "well-formedness," disregard the correctness of letter or number produced.
Well-formedness of
Correctnessof letter
letters
choice
2 - allwell formed
3 - no error
1-partlymalformed 2->half
0-illegible
1-<half
O ^ <2 correct
Motor facility
2 - not impaired
1-laborious
0-failureofmotor
control
1. Signature (cursive)
2. Printed Name
3. Dictated letters
T-G-R-S-B
4. Abbreviations
PM MD TV US FBI
5. Copy 'QUICKBROWNFOX'(see page
32 of this booklet)
Cursive
6. Printed copy of sentence
7 . F u l la l p h a b e t
8. Numbers1-10
9. Dictatednumbers
2-12-9-11-6
Total Short Form
Total Standard
114
t18
121
t27
l'14
t18
B. BasicEncoding Skills-Dictated Words
Two pages, numbered 39 and 40, are provided at the end of this booklet for the
patient's written performance. Alternatively, the examiner may prefer to use loose
sheets of white paper. All performance is to be scored in this booklet.
1. Primer word vocabulary
1. _cat
2. _
run
go
3. 2. Regularphonics
1. _
flag
2. _
apartment
3. _
tomato
4. _dog
5. _
man
girl
6. -
4. _
5. _
Short Form Score- 14
StandardScore
16
backbone
telegram
Short Form Score _12
StandardScore
15
(31)
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3. Common irregular forms
1. nation
4. laugh
5. height
2. knife
3. cough
Short Form score: _
Standard Form score:
13
/5
4. Uncommon irregularities(Usethe carrier sentence.)(Extendedtesting)
1. reign (The king will reign for a long time.)
2. choir (He sang with the EdoJL.)
3. yacht (We will take a cruise on his yasht)
4. gnaw (The dog likes to gndw on the bone.)
5. phlegm (He tried to clear the phlegm in his throat.)
6. colonel (He was promoted from major to colonel.)
Extended Testing Score:_
16
5. Nonsensewords Say,"lAM GOINGTO TELLYOU SOMEPEOPLE'S
NAMESTHAT
YOU MAY NEVERHAVEHEARD.PLEASE
WRITEEACHONE THEWAY IT SOUNDSTO
YOU." (Extended testing) (Acceptalternate spelling.)
1. Mr. Snope
2. Mr. Flisker
3. Mrs. Ardile
_
_
4. Mrs. Ploot
5. Miss Sprokle
6. Mr. Chanamack
Score:_
16
Score:_
16
C. Oral Spelling (Extendedtesting)
The patient is instructedto spell the following words aloud.
1 .s h o e
2. water
3. yellow
_
_
4. cough
5. theater/theatre
6. telephone
D. Written Picture Naming (Boldfaceitems are in the Short Form.)
The stimuli consistof objects,actions,and animals.The four items of each type appear
on cards 102 through 104.The examiner points to each picture and asks the patient to
write the name of the item.
1. Objects Say, "YOU KNOW WHAT THISlS. HOW DO YOU WRITElT? WRITElT HERE."
1. tree
3. canoe
2. hanger
4. trellis
2. Actions Say, "WHAT lS (ARE)HE (SHE,THEY)DOING.WRITElT HERE."For scoring,
acceptverb stem if "ing " is omitted.
praying
eating
- 1.
-3.
juggling
sweeping
_L
3. Animals (Same instructionsas for objects.)
horse
sheep
_1.
_3.
giraffe
beaver
_Z
Score:Objects _14
Actions __J4
Animals
/4
Short Form scorei _
StandardForm score:
(33)
14
112
lnfluenceson written word-Retrieval(Extendedtesting)
E. Cognitive/Grammatical
1. Part of speecheffects-Dictated words
a. Functors
_
1. was
-2.
who
-3.
she
could
-4.
-5.under
but
-6.
Score:-
16
Score:-
16
Score:-
16
Score:-
16
b. Derivationalaffixes
largest
-1.
baker
-2.
faster
5. quicklY
-3.
realitY
6. careful
-4.
c. Verb forms
-1.
am
-2.
caught
-3.
were
drew
-4.
5. slain
-6.
ought
2. Dictatedfunctor-loadedsentences
-
1. Sheis here.
2. That was it.
-
3. TheYwere there.
4. He cannotdo it.
-
5. lt could be.
6: Shedidn't haveto.
(35)
NarrativeWriting (Short,Standard,and Extendedtesting)
Presentthe "cookie Theft" pictureon card l. say, "wRlrE As MUCHAs you
cAN
ABour WHATYou sEEGorNGoN rN THrsprcruRE.',Havepatientwrite on the
'written Production'pagesg9-4,o,
or useblank paper.Allow the patient -rghly g
minutesto write. tf the patient'sproductionfalis sl.tortof what you
;roge t; b;
his/herpotential,useany of the following five questionsto elicitadditi6nal
writing.
1. How are the peoplein the pictureretated?
2. What is going on behindthe woman,sback?
3. Why is the little girl telling him not to makenoise?
4. Why do you think the boy may get hurt?
5. What elseis happeningright in front of the mother?
scoring.The entire written production(both spontaneousand prompted)is
scoredas a whole underthe four dimensionsiistedbelow Numericalscoring
providedhere ratesah" or"t"n." or "br"-n." of ,"tg",-r"1"*"d f"",ur"i
,,,n"
i".;.,
woman;" "the boy"). Do not attempt to force off-tirget written p-au.iio-n lnto
the numericalframework. Usethe qualitativedescripiorsbelow.
Mechanics
Written
vocabulary
access
Syntax
Adequacy of
content
2 - Well-formed
3 -Adequate
3 - Fullycorrect
3 -Adequate
account
1 - Legiblewith
defects
2-Some
important
words are
missing
2-Somedefects 2-Relevant,but
in sentence
incomplete
structure
0 - Mostly
illegible
1-Fewerthan
8 important
words
0 - Fewerthan
2 important
words
1-Mainly
subclausal
groupings
0 - No word
grouping
1 - Minimal
relevant
information
0 - No relevant
information
Totals
Totalacrosscolumns
Qualitative:
Repeatedly Rarely
Singleword substitutions
Othercomments
(36)
Never
Repeatedly Rarely Never
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VI. PRAXIS
(Extended testing)
Administration Each item is first elicited on verbal request. Record the scoreusing the
scoring code below followed by a description of the performance in the space
provided.
Scoring Code
3-Normal
2-Recognizable (including body part as obiect)
1-lJ n su ccessfu I attem pt (par am i m i a; vocaIizati o n)
0-U n recogn izab IeI no response
tmitation: IJpon completion of testing by verbal request, return to the beginning and
have the patient imitate your performance on each item for which helshe earned less
than a scoreof 3. Enter the imitation change code to indicate whether pertormance
on imitation is improved (t), unchanged (lJ), or poorer (P) than pertormance to verbal
request.
A. LimblHand Praxis
"
"
1. Natural GesturesSay, HOW WOULD YOU SHOW . . .
Score
Description
lmitation
(1, U, P)
a. that something smellsterrible
b. there is too much noise
c. that you are too cold.
d. that you are too hot2. Conventional GesturesSay,
"HOW WOULD YOU PRETEND
TO . . ."
a. wave good bye
b. salute like a soldier
c. beckon someone to come over to you
d. stop traffic
3. IJse of Pretended Obiects Say,
AND,.."
(Cards 105 and 105)
"SHOW ME HOW YOU WOULD PICK THIS UP
a. write with it-(item
1. pencil)
b. unlock a door-(item
2. key)
c. look through it-(item
3. binoculars)
d. pour a glassof water-(item
4. pitcher)
(37)
e. brushyour teeth-(item 5. toothbrush)
f. comb your hair-(item
6. comb ).
g. hammer a nail-(item
7. hammer)
h. turn a screw with it-(item
g. screwdriver)
praxisGive the foltowing commands.
B. Bucco-FaciallRespiratory
a. Letme hearyou cough
b. Pretend to blow out a candle
c. Pretend to sniff a flower
d. Pretendto sip through a straw
Score: L Natural Gestures
t|2
2. Conventional Gestures
112
3. Use of Pretended Objects
t24
4. Bucco-FaciallRespiratoryMovements
ll2
Total_160
Imitation:
lmproved (t)
Unchanged (ll)
Poorer (P)
(38)
,l
OF STANDARDSUBTESTS
SUMMARYPROFILE
DATEOF EXAMINATION:
0 10 20 30 40 s0 60 70 80 90 100
5
0
0
1
1
1
2 3 3 3 4
Percentiles:
SEVERITYRATING
FLUENCY
PhraseLength (Rating Scale)
Melodic Line (RatingScale)
GrammaticalForm
(Rating Scale)
1
1
1
2
2
2
4
3
3
6
5
4
7
5
5
7
6
5
7
6
6
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
7
7
7
7 7
7
0 3 5 6 6 5 7 7 7 7
2
'
O
1
'
6
1
.
4
1
'
2
1
.
2
0 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0
CONVERSATION/ Simple SocialResponses
SPEECHComplexityIndex
EXPOSITORY
14 24 29 31 32 34 35 36 37 37 37
0 610 1'l 12 13 14 15 15 15 15
9'10 10 12 1 2
- o m p t e x l d e a t i o n aM
l aterial 0 3 5 6 7 8
0 4 5 6 7 7 8 9 1 0 1 2 12
NonverbalAgilitY
0 3 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 414
VerbalAgilitY
7
5 6 6 7 7
1
2 3 3 4
Articulatory AgilitY
(RatingScale)
BasicWord Discrimination
AUDITORY
COMPREHENSIONC o m m a n d s
ARTICULATION
& MUSIC Automatized Sequences
RECITATION
Recitation
Melody
Rhythm
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4 6 5 6
0 0 1 1
1 1 2 2
' t 1 ' 1
7
1
8
3
9
4
7 7 8 8 8
1 2 2 2 2
2 2 2 2 2
1 1 2 2 22
9
7
9 1 0 1 0 10
8 9 1 0 10
REPETITION
Words
Sentences
0
0
3
0
6
1
NAMING
Naming
Responsive
Boston Naming Test
SpecialCategories
0
0
0
2
3
3
0
4 9 1 3 1 5 1 8 1 8 1 9 2 20
8 2 0 2 5 3 3 4 0 4 3 5 2 s 7 60
7 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 21 2
PARAPHASIA
Ratingfrom SPeechProfile
Phonemic
Verbal
Neologistic
Multi-word
1 2 2
2715 9
1912 9
11 7 4
15 7 2
READING
WRITING
3 4
6 4
7 6
2 1
0 0
5
3
4
0
0
6
2
3
0
0
6
1
2
0
0
7
1
1
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
7
0
0
0
0
8
8
8
12
10
5
5
10
30
1 0
5
1 0
0 4 6 7 7 8 8 8
Matching Cases& ScriPts
'1112 12 12 12 12
1 8 10 11
Number Matching
2 4 7 8 9 9 9 1 0 10 10
Picture-WordMatching
5
0 2 3 4 5 5 5 5 5
LexicalDecision
s
5
0
1
2
3
3
4
4
5
Matching
Homophone
1 0 10 10
FreeGrammaticalMorPhemes 0 5 7 9 ' 1 0 ' 1 01 0
0
7
1
1
2
0
2
3
2
7
2
7
3 030 30
OralWord Reading
0
0
1
2
3
5
6
8 9 1 0
Oral SentenceReading
5
5
s
4
5
4
3
2
0
2
ComPrehension
Sentence
Oral
9
1
0
0 3 5 6 7 8 8 9
Sentence/ParagraPh
Comprehension
7 1 4 1 5 1 6 1 6 ' 1 81 8 1 8 1 8 1 8 1 8
7 20 22 23 24 24 25 26 26 27 27
6 8 9 1 1 1 5 1 7 1 8 ' 1 81 8 1 8 1 8
6
0 2 3 4 s 6 6 5 6 6
0 0 0 1 2 3 4 4 5 s 5
0 0 0 1 1 2 3 4 '5l ' l 5 5
12
o 0 1 3 5 7 8 9 10
11
1
'
l
9
7
7
0 1 4 5 6 7
Form
Letter Choice
Motor FacilitY
PrimerWords
RegularPhonics
Common lrregularWords
Written PictureNaming
NarrativeWriting
(41)
SUMMARYPROFILE
OF EXTENDED
SUBTESTS
NAME:
DATEOF EXAMINATION:
Percentiles:
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
NARRATIVE
SPEECH/
ComplexityIndex
FABLES
Agrammatism Index
0 0.3 0.9 1.0 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.82.0 2.0 2.4
85 34 21 16
Tools/lmplements
AUDITORY
COMPREHENSION Foods
Animals
Body Parts
Map Locations
SemanticProbe
Touch A with B
Reversible Possessives
EmbeddedSentences
2 7 9 1 0 10 10 10 10 10't0
6 7 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 6 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10
0 9 1 4 1 7 18 20 20 20 20 20
' t5 ' r5
2 8 1 1 1 2 14 15 15 15
35 42 48 54 56 57 58 58 59 60
0 4 4 6 7
8 9 10 'tl 12
4 5 6 8 8 9 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
' t 4 5 7
'r0'r0
REPETITION
NonsenseWords
0
1
NAMING
Colors
Actions
Animals
Tools/lmplements
0
0
1 3 3
3 s 7
0
0
4
4
7
5
9
5
3
4
4
4
4
4
4
7
8
9 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2
9 1 1 11 12 12 12 12
8
9
9 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2
READING
LexicalDecision
Pseudohomophones
BoundMorphemes
DerivationalMorphemes
MixedMorphemes
Paralexia-ProneWords
0
0
1
1
0
0
3
1
4
2
3
3
4
2
5
5
8
6
4
3
7
8
8
8
5
5
4
4
9
9
9 1 0
10 1 1
9 11
WRITING
Uncommon lrregularWords
NonsenseWords
OralSpelling
Dictated Functors
DerivationalAffixes
Verb Forms
5entences
0 0 0
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 1 3
0 0 1
0 0 ' l
0 0 0
1
0
2
4
2
1
3
1
0
4
5
3
3
3
4
5
5
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
6
5
Natural Gestures
ConventionalGestures
Pretended Objects
Bucco-Facial
3 7 10 11 12 12 12 12 12 12
4 7 9 1 1 12 12 12 12 12 "t2
9 1 9 2 1 2 2 24 24 24 24 24 24
1
7
7
9 11 12 12 12 12 12
12
"t2
PRAXIS
1
8
7
3
'
t0
8
8
9
9
2 3
3
4
4
1
'
0
5
0
10
10
10
20
15
60
12
0 1 0
10
5
5
5 5 5 5
4 5 5 5
10 10 10 10
10 10 10 10
11 12 12 12
" t 2 1 2 1 2 12
2
t 1
4
5
5
6
5
5
3
5
4
4
3
3
3 4
5
6
6
6
6
6
5
6
6
5
5
5
10
10
12
' 12
24
12
Computation of LanquageCompetencylndex (For purposesof this computation, usethe highest
percentileapplicableto a given raw scoreor rating)
Expressive
component a) Percentileequivalentof Boston Naming Testscore
PIus
b) Percentileequivalentof GrammaticalForm rating
Sum of a and b _
+ I = Expression
component
Auditory comprehension
component:Meanof the three auditorycomprehension
subtestpercentiles.
a) Word Discriminationpercentile
b) Commandspercentile
c) Complexldeational Material percentile
Sum of a, b, and c _
component
+ 3 = Comprehension
Language Competency Index:
Sum of Expressioncomponent and Comprehensioncomponent + 2 =
plus
plus
(42)