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| Research article summary (published 27 Feb 2003): |
Auditory and visual naming tests: normative and patient data for accuracy, response time, and tip-of-the-tongue.
Full Abstract
Naming is typically assessed with visual naming tasks, yet, some patients with genuine word-finding difficulty (evident in auditorily based discourse) show minimal difficulty on such measures. Evidence from cortical mapping, brain imaging and neuropsychological studies suggests that auditory naming measures might provide more relevant or at least, complementary information. We developed comparable auditory and visual naming tests and present normative data for accuracy, response time, and tip-of-the-tongue responses based on 100 controls. Test validity was supported by findings that left temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients (i.e., a population with expected naming difficulty) performed more poorly on auditory but not visual naming compared to right TLE patients (i.e., a population without expected naming difficulty). Internal and test-retest reliability coefficients were reasonable. Finally, test utility was assessed on an individual basis, and auditory but not visual naming performance predicted impairment.
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Author information
Author/s: Hamberger, Marla J (MJ); Seidel, William T (WT);
Affiliation: Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. mh61@columbia.edu
Grants: NS35140 (Agency:United States NINDS)
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
Journal: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society : JINS (J Int Neuropsychol Soc), published in England. (Language: eng)
Reference: 2003-Mar; vol 9 (issue 3) : pp 479-89
Dates: Created 2003/04/01; Completed 2003/04/29; Revised 2007/11/15;
PMID: 12666772, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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