Background In clinical practice and in research, aphasia measurement instruments are used
for many reasons: to screen and diagnose, to identify deficits and strengths, and to measure …

Background Outcome measurement is recommended in stroke clinical practice guidelines,
however there is considerable variability in how this activity is performed in clinical practice …

Background: Aphasia treatment research lacks a uniform approach to outcome
measurement. A wide range of outcome instruments are used across trials and there is a …

Background: An important goal of aphasia rehabilitation research is to examine the degree
to which outcome measures capture change in impairment, functional communication tasks …

Background: There are a limited number of aphasia language tests in the majority of the
world's commonly spoken languages. Furthermore, few aphasia tests in languages other …

Background: There are many validated and widely used assessments within aphasiology.
Few, however, describe language and life with aphasia from the perspective of the person …

Abstract The Assessment for Living with Aphasia (ALA) is a pictographic, self-report
measure of aphasia-related quality-of-life. Research was undertaken to assess test–re-test …

Brady et al.(2014), writing on behalf of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists, lend support to
our call for standardisation in aphasia research outcome measurement. In doing so, they …

Cognitive deficits beyond language may be present in aphasia, and accurately assessing
them is fundamental for treatment planning. However, it is unclear which tools are currently …

Aim: The aim of this work is to explore the aphasia assessment tools available in Portugal.
Methodology: In order to answer this question, a literature review was conducted to identify …