test for subsequent refinement and adaptation of this language assessment instrument. Methods: This study was organized into two parts. The first part of the study involved 61 subjects with educational level higher than nine years. Naming of 266 visual stimuli was elicited and concordance among participants on figure naming was also determined. Concordance of responses was assessed using Cochrane's test at a 5% level of significance. Some visual stimuli were subsequently re-designed and images were replaced. The second part of this study involved the re-testing of the new images among 110 individuals ranging in age from 18 to 75 years of both genders, stratified
Conclusão:Identificaram-se quais figuras do Teste MT Beta-86 modificado poderão continuar presentes na próxima versão do instrumento e, por meio da análise do baixo reconhecimento populacional, verificaram-se quais pranchas deverão ser substituídas e quais poderão compor a nova versão do teste.
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