Cross-linguistic adaptations of The Comprehensive Aphasia Test: challenges and solutions

Valantis Fyndanis; Marianne Lind; Spyridoula Varlokosta; Maria Kambanaros; Efstathia Soroli; Klaudia Ceder; Kleanthes K. Grohmann; Adrià Rofes; Hanne Gram Simonsen; Jovana Bjekić; Anna Gavarró; Jelena Kuvač Kraljević; Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro; Amaia Munarriz; Marie Pourquie; Jasmina Vuksanović; Lilla Zakariás; David Howard

doi:10.1080/02699206.2017.1310299

Cross-linguistic adaptations of The Comprehensive Aphasia Test: challenges and solutions

Valantis Fyndanis, Marianne Lind, Spyridoula Varlokosta^*, Maria Kambanaros, Efstathia Soroli, Klaudia Ceder, Kleanthes K. Grohmann, Adrià Rofes, Hanne Gram Simonsen, Jovana Bjekić, Anna Gavarró, Jelena Kuvač Kraljević, Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro, Amaia Munarriz, Marie Pourquie, Jasmina Vuksanović, Lilla Zakariás, David Howard

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Abstract

Comparative research on aphasia and aphasia rehabilitation is challenged by the lack of comparable assessment tools across different languages. In English, a large array of tools is available, while in most other languages, the selection is more limited. Importantly, assessment tools are often simple translations and do not take into consideration specific linguistic and psycholinguistic parameters of the target languages. As a first step in meeting the needs for comparable assessment tools, the Comprehensive Aphasia Test is currently being adapted into a number of languages spoken in Europe. In this article, some key challenges encountered in the adaptation process and the solutions to ensure that the resulting assessment tools are linguistically and culturally equivalent, are proposed. Specifically, we focus on challenges and solutions related to the use of imageability, frequency, word length, spelling-to-sound regularity and sentence length and complexity as underlying properties in the selection of the testing material.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	697-710
Number of pages	14
Journal	Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics
Volume	31
Issue number	7-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2017.1310299
Publication status	Published - 2017
Externally published	Yes

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aphasia
assessment
Comprehensive Aphasia Test (CAT)
cross-linguistic adaptations
outcome measures

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Fyndanis, V., Lind, M., Varlokosta, S., Kambanaros, M., Soroli, E., Ceder, K., Grohmann, K. K., Rofes, A., Simonsen, H. G., Bjekić, J., Gavarró, A., Kuvač Kraljević, J., Martínez-Ferreiro, S., Munarriz, A., Pourquie, M., Vuksanović, J., Zakariás, L., & Howard, D. (2017). Cross-linguistic adaptations of The Comprehensive Aphasia Test: challenges and solutions. Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, 31(7-9), 697-710. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699206.2017.1310299

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