WAB-R is an individually administered assessment for adults with acquired neurological disorders (e.g., as a result of stroke, head injury, dementia). It classifies the type and severity of aphasia disorder (if present) and gives a clinically valid baseline for diagnosis, prognosis and research.
Uses & Applications
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WAB-R identifies and classifies aphasia types:
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- Global
- Broca's
- Isolation
- Transcortical Motor
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- Wernicke's
- Transcortical Sensory
- Conduction
- Anomic
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Assesses linguistic skills most frequently affected by aphasia:
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- Content
- Fluency
- Auditory Comprehension
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- Repetition and Naming
- Reading
- Writing
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Assesses nonlinguistic skills that may also be affected by a neurological event:
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The WAB-R manual also includes a chapter on applications of the WAB-R for individuals with various types of dementia, including Alzheimer's, vascular, subcortical, and Primary Progressive Apahasia (PPA).
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Features
A full battery of 8 subtests (32 short tasks), the WAB-R includes:
- Bedside Record Form:
- Spontaneous Speech: Content
- Spontaneous Speech: Fluency
- Auditory Verbal Comprehension: Yes/No Questions
- Sequentional Commands
- Repetition
- Object Naming
- Reading
- Writing
- Apraxia (optional)
- Part 1:
- Spontaneous Speech: Conversational Questions, Picture Description
- Auditory Verbal Comprehension: Yes/No Questions, Auditory Word Recognition, Sequential Commands
- Repetition
- Naming and Word Finding: Object Naming, Word Fluency, Sentence Completion, Responsive Speech
- Part 2: Supplemental
- Reading: Comprehension of Sentences, Reading Commands, Written Word-Object Choice Matching, Written Word-Picture Choice Matching, Picture-Written Word Choice Matching, Spoken Word-Written Word Choice Matching, Letter Discrimination, Spelled Word Recognition, Spelling
- Writing: Writing Upon Request, Writing Output, Writing to Dictation, Writing Dictated Words, Alphabet and Numbers, Dictated Letters and Numbers, Copying a Sentence
- Apraxia
- Constructional, Visuospatial, and Calculation: Drawing, Block Design, Calculation, Raven's Coloured Progressive Matrices
- Supplemental Writing and Reading: Writing Irregular Words to Dictation, Writing Non-Words to Dictation, Reading Irregular Words, Reading Non-Words
Psychometric Information
The original WAB was first standardized on a population of 150 individuals with aphasia and 59 controls. A second standardization was undertaken which included an additional 215 individuals with aphasia and 63 controls. Evidence of reliability and validity is found in the test manual and demonstrates strong performance as part of an assessment process for research and/or clinical use. An additional 20 participants (14 with aphasia, 6 without) completed new or adapted tasks for the WAB-R and data showed similarities in difficulty and frequency of use to the original items.
Available scores and composites include:
- Bedside Record Form: Bedside Aphasia Score, Bedside Language Score, and Bedside Aphasia Classification
- Full Battery, Part 1: Aphasia Quotient, Aphasia Classification
- Full Battery, Part 2 (Supplemental): Language Quotient, Cortical Quotient
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