Development of a short form of the boston naming test for individuals with aphasia

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1089-1100

  del Toro, Christina M ^a   Bislick, Lauren P ^b   Comer, Matthew ^a   Velozo, Craig ^a,c   Romero, Sergio ^a,c   Rothi, Leslie J Gonzalez ^a,c   Kendall, Diane L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomia; Aphasia; Boston naming test; IRT; Rasch

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANOMIA; APHASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79961146654     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0119)     Document Type: Article

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