Assessment of Aphasia

PART I: INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction to Aphasia Assessment 2. History of Aphasia Assessment 3. Purposes of Assessment 4. Construction Principles of Aphasia Tests PART II: CONTEMPORARY TESTS AND METHODS 5. Clinical Bedside Examination 6. Screening Tests 7. Tests of Specific Aspects of Language Behaviour 8. Functional Communication 9. Comprehensive Examinations PART III: TESTS FOR CHILDREN 10. Issues in the Testing of Children 11. Tests for Infants and Young Children 12. Tests for School-Age Children PART IV: 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

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