Clinical Validation of a New Test for Aphasia: An Experimental Study on the Token Test

Orgass, B.; Poeck, Klaus

doi:10.1016/s0010-9452(66)80005-9

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“…Aphasic adults may in fact appear to retain more redundant messages quite well but display marked difficulty with non-redundant stimuli such as digits and word sequences. This has been shown in several studies using the Token Test (DeRenzi and Vignolo, 1962; Boller and Vignolo, 1966;Orgass and Poeck, 1966;Spellancy and Spreen, 1969). In these studies aphasics having no readily apparent comprehension problems for connected speech have exhibited performances which were markedly inferior to normal sub jects on the minimally redundant Token Test.…”

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Effects of Semantic Associational Strength and Verbal Sequence Length on the Auditory Comprehension of Aphasic Adults

Brown

2000

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The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of semantic associational strength (SAS) upon adult aphasics' auditory comprehension abilities. Twenty-eight adult aphasics (25 males and 3 females) and 12 normal control subjects were presented three experi mental tasks, each containing 45 items. Experimental task 1 contained single word picture sets of high SAS, moderate SAS, and low SAS words.Experimental task 2 contained two word picture sets of high, moderate, and low SAS words, and experimental task 3 contained three word picture, sets of high, moderate, and low SAS words. Subjects heard one, two, and three word verbal sequences for experimental tasks 1, 2, and 3, I respectively, and pointed to the appropriate picture sequence. Level of SAS was determined on the basis of the two most frequently occurring word associations of 50 normal individuals to 195 words selected from the most frequently occurring 3,000 English words.The findings in this study revealed that aphasics had substan tially more difficulty auditorily selecting picture sequences of high SAS words than sequences of moderate and low SAS words, and more diffi culty auditorily selecting picture sequences of moderate SAS words than sequences of low SAS words. Results further indicated that, irrespec tive of degree of SAS between words, aphasics' retentional ability was adversely influenced by an increase in verbal sequence length. The presence of a significant interaction between the SAS and length fac tors negated the support for an interaction hypothesis that degree of SAS would differentially affect aphasics' comprehension as message length increased. Aphasics' performance on the experimental task was highly related to their overall communicative ability as assessed by the Porch Index of Communicative Ability.

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Effects of Semantic Associational Strength and Verbal Sequence Length on the Auditory Comprehension of Aphasic Adults

Brown

2000

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“…In addition, language comprehension was assessed with the Token Test (De Renzi & Vignolo, 1962) Token test differentiates well between aphasic and non-aphasic patients (Swisher & Sarno, 1969) irrespective of the clinical type of aphasia (Orgass & Poeck, 1966).…”

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Apraxia and spatial inattention dissociate in left hemisphere stroke

Timpert

Weiss

Vossel³

et al. 2015

Cortex

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“…Basic language abilities (automatic speech and the ability to follow easy verbal instructions) are also examined, as they are especially relevant for patients with severe language disturbances. Additionally, a modification of the Token Test (Orgass & Poeck, 1966), named the color-figure test, was included to assess auditory comprehension for abstract and complex verbal material as well as verbal short term and working memory. This test is also supposed to serve as a general factor of language abilities (Cohen, Kelter, Engel, List, & Strohner, 1976).…”

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A New Test Battery to Assess Aphasic Disturbances and Associated Cognitive Dysfunctions — German Normative Data on the Aphasia Check List

Kalbe

Reinhold

Brand

et al. 2005

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

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Aphasia, defined as an acquired impairment of linguistic abilities, can be accompanied by a diversity of neuropsychological dysfunction. Accordingly, the necessity to include cognitive testing in the diagnosis of aphasia is increasingly recognized. Here we present the Aphasia Check List (ACL), a new test battery for the assessment of aphasic and associated cognitive disorders. The language part of the battery provides a differentiated profile of important linguistic abilities. In addition, the ACL includes nonverbal screening tests for three neuropsychological domains: memory, attention, and reasoning. Dysfunctions in these domains have been observed in aphasic patients and can have an impact on language function. The ACL is applicable to patients with language disturbances of different etiologies, different stages of disease, and to patients with mild to severe aphasia. As the entire test duration is only about 30 minutes, the ACL is also economically valuable. It thus presents an adequate starting point in aphasia diagnosis for a wide range of patients. Here we describe the construction of the ACL, and the normative study of its original German version with 154 aphasic patients and 106 healthy comparison subjects. The ACL cognition part revealed additional neuropsychological dysfunction in the aphasia group. We present the patterns of these dysfunctions and their correlations with language deficits.

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Clinical Validation of a New Test for Aphasia: An Experimental Study on the Token Test

Cited by 84 publications

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Effects of Semantic Associational Strength and Verbal Sequence Length on the Auditory Comprehension of Aphasic Adults

Effects of Semantic Associational Strength and Verbal Sequence Length on the Auditory Comprehension of Aphasic Adults

Apraxia and spatial inattention dissociate in left hemisphere stroke

A New Test Battery to Assess Aphasic Disturbances and Associated Cognitive Dysfunctions — German Normative Data on the Aphasia Check List

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