Table of Contents

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
8: Functional Communication Measures
9: Comprehensive Test Batteries
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: Assessment of Language and Communication Problems in Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury and with Lesions of the Non-Dominant Hemisphere
15: Assessment of Language in the Healthy Elderly and in Dementia
16: Aphasia Testing in Foreign-Language and Bilingual Patients
17: Test Choice and Interpretation of Assessment

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Unique in its scope and depth ... the book provides an extremely useful resource for aphasiologists. I used it extensively in the development of my courses this year, and I recommend it highly to clinicians, educators, and researchers concerned with aphasia. Clinical Neurophysiology, 115