| QAB overall | |
| Word comprehension | |
| Sentence comprehension | |
| Word finding | |
| Grammatical construction | |
| Speech motor programming | |
| Repetition | |
| Reading |
| Is patient sufficiently clinically stable to be approached? | ||
| Can patient be roused? | ||
| Can you tell me where we are right now? | ||
| What month is it? | Sep- October | |
| How old are you? | ||
| Close your eyes. | ||
| Point to the ceiling. | ||
| Can patient stay awake, maintain attention, and attempt commands? |
| Reduced length and complexity of utterances | |
| Reduced speech rate | |
| Agrammatism: omission of words and morphemes, especially closed class; “telegraphic speech” | |
| Paragrammatism: substitution of closed class items; inappropriate juxtaposition of words and phrases; garbled syntax | |
| Anomia: word-finding pauses, word-finding failures, abandoned utterances, effective circumlocution | |
| Empty speech: vague words, overabundance of closed class words, ineffective circumlocution, utterances unclear in meaning and/or tangential | |
| Semantic paraphasias: substitution of open class items (including perseverations) | |
| Phonemic paraphasias and neologisms | |
| Self-correction: false starts, retraced sequences, conduite d’approche | |
| Overall communication impairment | |
| Transcription | |
| The boy is pushing the girl.The boy is washing the girl.The girl is pulling the boy. | ||
| The girl is chasing the boy.The girl is kicking the boy.The boy is kissing the girl. |
| lionguitarelephant | ||
| drumtigerpiano | ||
| violinzebracamel | ||
| giraffesaxophonetrumpet | ||
| bonepearcat | ||
| kitecrownbox | ||
| bootcloudcane | ||
| goatchairsocks | ||
| lionguitarelephant | ||
| drumtigerpiano | ||
| violinzebracamel | ||
| giraffesaxophonetrumpet | ||
| bonepearcat | ||
| kitecrownbox | ||
| bootcloudcane | ||
| goatchairsocks |
| lionguitarelephant | ||
| drumtigerpiano | ||
| violinzebracamel | ||
| giraffesaxophonetrumpet | ||
| bonepearcat | ||
| kitecrownbox | ||
| bootcloudcane | ||
| goatchairsocks |
| Are you a [man/woman]? (Y)Are you [sitting/lying down/etc.]? (Y)Am I wearing a [color] [shirt/dress]? (Y) | ||
| Am I a [man/woman]? (N)Am I [sitting/standing/etc.]? (N)Are you wearing a [color] [shirt/dress]? (N) | ||
| Do you cut the grass with an axe? (N)Do you eat ice cream with a spoon? (Y)Do you brush your teeth with a comb? (N) | ||
| Are babies watched by babysitters? (Y)Are spiders bitten by people? (N)Are babies named by parents? (Y) | ||
| Do you open your door with a key? (Y)Do you wear gloves on your feet? (N)Do you take pictures with a camera? (Y) | ||
| If you’re about to leave, have you left yet? (N)If you’re about to go outside, are you still inside? (Y)If you’re about to finish, have you finished yet? (N) | ||
| Are witnesses questioned by police? (Y)Are worms eaten by birds? (Y)Are people taxed by governments? (Y) | ||
| If I tell you I used to smoke, do you think I smoke now? (N)If I tell you I used to exercise, do you think I exercise now? (N)If you’re about to go inside, are you still outside? (Y) | ||
| Are doctors treated by patients? (N)Are babies delivered by doctors? (Y)Are wolves attacked by deer? (N) | ||
| If I was at the park when you arrived, did I get there first? (Y)If you’re about to start, have you started yet? (N)If he was at the show when you arrived, did he get there first? (Y) | ||
| If you’re about to go upstairs, are you still downstairs (Y)Are parents raised by children? (N)Are thieves robbed by victims? (N) | ||
| Are cats chased by mice? (N)If you were at the party when I arrived, did you get there first? (Y)If I tell you I used to drink coffee, do you think I drink coffee now? (N) | ||
| Are you a [man/woman]? (Y)Are you [sitting/lying down/etc.]? (Y)Am I wearing a [color] [shirt/dress]? (Y) | ||
| Am I a [man/woman]? (N)Am I [sitting/standing/etc.]? (N)Are you wearing a [color] [shirt/dress]? (N) | ||
| Do you cut the grass with an axe? (N)Do you eat ice cream with a spoon? (Y)elephant | ||
| Are babies watched by babysitters? (Y)Are spiders bitten by people? (N)Are babies named by parents? (Y) | ||
| Do you open your door with a key? (Y)Do you wear gloves on your feet? (N)Do you take pictures with a camera? (Y) | ||
| If you’re about to leave, have you left yet? (N)If you’re about to go outside, are you still inside? (Y)If you’re about to finish, have you finished yet? (N) | ||
| Are witnesses questioned by police? (Y)Are worms eaten by birds? (Y)Are people taxed by governments? (Y) | ||
| If I tell you I used to smoke, do you think I smoke now? (N)If I tell you I used to exercise, do you think I exercise now? (N)If you’re about to go inside, are you still outside? (Y) | ||
| Are doctors treated by patients? (N)Are babies delivered by doctors? (Y)Are wolves attacked by deer? (N) | ||
| If I was at the park when you arrived, did I get there first? (Y)If you’re about to start, have you started yet? (N)If he was at the show when you arrived, did he get there first? (Y) | ||
| If you’re about to go upstairs, are you still downstairs (Y)Are parents raised by children? (N)Are thieves robbed by victims? (N) | ||
| Are cats chased by mice? (N)If you were at the party when I arrived, did you get there first? (Y)If I tell you I used to drink coffee, do you think I drink coffee now? (N) |
| dogbookbed | ||
| pencilcombflower | ||
| wheelchairmaskmushroom | ||
| octopusvolcanoharmonica | ||
| hammockseahorsepelican | ||
| escalatorpyramidstethoscope |
| bookbeddog | ||
| maskmushroomwheelchair | ||
| pyramidstethoscopeescalator | ||
| The boy is washing the girl.The girl is pulling the boy.The boy is pushing the girl. |
| housemanhead | ||
| breakfastblanketbrother | ||
| catastropheprosperityproximity | ||
| undetectableinsignificantinconceivable | ||
| The sun rises in the East.The dog barks at the door.The baby drinks from a bottle. | ||
| The ambitious journalist discovered where we’d be going.The creative architect understood who we’d be seeing.The confident vocalist realized where we’d be staying. |
| tinpigpot | ||
| doughchoircough | ||
| propositiongraduationprohibition | ||
| inexperiencedinvoluntaryunforgettable | ||
| The baby cries in the night.The sun sets in the West.The dog sleeps on the floor. | ||
| The popular novelist realized why I'd been calling.The capable detective discovered why I’d been waiting.The ethical accountant understood why I’d been hiding. |
| tongue from side to side | ||
| aaaaaah | ||
| pa pa pa pa pa | ||
| pataka pataka pataka | ||
| catastrophe catastrophe | ||
| Count to 10. |
| Dysarthria: impairment of muscles used for speech production | |
| Apraxia of speech: impairment of speech motor planning |
| How difficult is it for you to talk? | |
| How difficult is it for you to understand what people say to you? | |
| How difficult is it for you to understand what you read? | |
| How difficult is it for you to write a letter, email? | |
| How difficult is it for you to write a text? | |
| How difficult is it for you to talk with a group of people? | |
| How difficult is it for you to be understood by others? | |
| How difficult is it for you to find the words you want to say? | |
| How often do difficulties communicating cause you to feel anxious, unhappy, frustrated or dissatisfied? | |
| How much do difficulties communicating prevent you from doing the things in life that are important to you? | |
| How often do you do things to help your talking get better? | |
| How often do you spend time talking with one or more people? | |
| How actively do you participate in your conversations with people? | |
| Do you feel like your talking is better since the last time we saw you? |
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| Notes |