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- Title
Western Aphasia Battery - Arabic.
- Authors
Manaf, Nazia A.; Shetty, Rohila
- Abstract
Aphasia is an acquired language impairment resulting from a focal brain lesion in the absence of other cognitive, motor, or sensory impairments. This language impairment can be present in all language components (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics), across all modalities (speaking, reading, writing, signing), and in the output (expression) and input (comprehension) modes. Since almost a century ago, clinicians have evaluated people with aphasia using Aphasia test batteries. The Western Aphasia Battery (Kertesz, 1982) provides the diagnostic goals of classifying aphasia subtypes and rating the severity of aphasic impairment. When dealing with the issue of the increasing number of aphasics in various regions of the world speaking their own native language and the standardised assessment tool being available only in English, the variables impacting the outcome expand. This not only affects the diagnostic scenario but also reveals a major flaw in the method of service delivery. The Western Aphasia Battery (WAB), developed by Shewan and Kertesz in 1982, is one of the most often utilized complete test batteries to determine the type, degree, and severity of aphasia and to categorize aphasia subtypes. As of now, WAB has been developed and translated into several languages, there are currently no standardized measures available for assessing the rising number of Arabic-speaking individuals who are stricken by aphasia in communities around the world. The objective of this study is to develop and standardize the Arabic version of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB-A).
- Subjects
APHASIA; COGNITION disorders; PHONOLOGY; PRAGMATICS; NATIVE language
- Publication
Language in India, 2022, Vol 22, Issue 10, p202
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article