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The Western Aphasia Battery is a comprehensive test of language function for individuals with aphasia and aged 18–89 years. Test administration time is 30–60 min, depending on the severity of the patient’s aphasia and coexisting deficits (e.g., apraxia, dysarthria). As stated in the test manual, the aim of the WAB is to “evaluate the main clinical aspects of language function, content, fluency, auditory comprehension, repetition, naming, reading, writing, and calculations.” The WAB is designed to test all language modalities: reading, writing, listening, speaking, and gestural communication. It also tests what Shewan and Kertesz originally referred to as “higher cortical functioning” (1980), including a block design subtest as well as Raven’s Coloured Progressive Matrices and tests of drawing and calculation.
A revised edition (WAB-R) was published by Pearson Assessments in 2006. The WAB-R has the same overall structure as the original WAB and also...
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Turkstra, L.S. (2018). Western Aphasia Battery. In: Kreutzer, J., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56782-2_937-3
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