Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Review of Neuropsychological Tests for the Assessment of Speech and Language Disorders
Aphasiology
Battista, P., Miozzo, A., et al. (2017).
Aphasiology, 31(12), 1359-1378.
This systematic review investigates the psychometric properties of assessment tools evaluating speech and language skills in adults with primary progressive aphasia (PPA).
"AIRAlzh" Onlus (Italy); ANCC-COOP Italia (Italy)
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Cohort studies; cross-sectional studies
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<p>The following assessment tools were judged to be suitable for clinical use and administered in 30 minutes or less:</p>
<ol>
<li>Repeat and Point Test</li>
<li>Northwestern Anagram Test</li>
<li>Progressive Aphasia Language Scale</li>
<li>Northwestern Naming Battery</li>
<li>Sydney Language Battery</li>
<li>Progressive Aphasia Severity Scale</li>
<li>Apraxia of Speech Rating Scale</li>
<li>Sentence Comprehension Test and Make a Sentence Test</li>
<li>Short Form of the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test</li>
</ol>
<p>Due to the limitations of this review (e.g., small number of tools, lack of information on the quality of psychometric measures used to evaluate the tests, heterogeneity among the included studies) further research is warranted to identify neuropsychological instruments with suitable psychometric and psycholinguistics characteristics addressing the nature and extent of speech and language impairments in adults with PPA.</p>
