Speech and language assessment

Main article: Speech and language pathology

Common speech and language therapy assessments include:

1 For children
2 For adults
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

For children

Many assessments exist for investigating children's language. Here is a selection of commonly used assessments by speech and language therapy services in the UK:

TROG - understanding of language
PVCS - preverbal communication checklist
Derbyshire picture test - simple understanding
CELF-4 - a battery of expressive and receptive language tests
CELF-PS - as above, for Pre-School aged children
ACE 6-11 - a battery of receptive, expressive and pragmatic language tests
RAPT - picture naming and grammar/content analysis
BPVS - a receptive assessment of vocabulary
RWFVS - Picture naming/vocabulary test
STASS - expressive grammar
The Bus Story Test - early narrative assessment
CLEAR - phonology screening assessment
STAP - expressive phonology
DEAP - expressive phonology
Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test
Language for Thinking assessment - inferential thinking and understanding

For adults

PALPA - Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia
Boston diagnostic battery
WAB - Western Aphasia Battery

References

External links

Pathology of the nervous system, primarily CNS (G04–G47, 323–349)

Inflammation

Brain	Encephalitis (Viral encephalitis, Herpesviral encephalitis) · Cavernous sinus thrombosis · Brain abscess (Amoebic)

Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis · Demyelinating disease (Transverse myelitis) · Tropical spastic paraparesis · Epidural abscess

Both/either	Encephalomyelitis (Acute disseminated) Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Degenerative

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease: Parkinsonism (PD, Postencephalitic, NMS) · PKAN · Tauopathy (PSP) · Striatonigral degeneration · Hemiballismus · HD · OA Dyskinesia: Dystonia (Status dystonicus, Spasmodic torticollis, Meige's, Blepharospasm) · Chorea (Choreoathetosis) · Myoclonus (Myoclonic epilepsy) · Akathesia Tremor (Essential tremor, Intention tremor) · Restless legs · Stiff person

Dementia	Tauopathy: Alzheimer's (Early-onset) · Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (Pick's, Dementia with Lewy bodies) Multi-infarct dementia

Mitochondrial disease	Leigh's

Demyelinating

autoimmune (Multiple sclerosis, Neuromyelitis optica, Schilder's disease) · hereditary (Adrenoleukodystrophy, Alexander, Canavan, Krabbe, ML, PMD, VWM, MFC, CAMFAK syndrome) · Central pontine myelinolysis · Marchiafava-Bignami disease · Alpers' disease

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal · Generalised · Status epilepticus · Myoclonic epilepsy

Headache	Migraine (Familial hemiplegic) · Cluster · Tension

Cerebrovascular	TIA (Amaurosis fugax, Transient global amnesia) Stroke (MCA, ACA, PCA, Foville's, Millard-Gubler, Lateral medullary, Weber's, Lacunar stroke)

Sleep disorders	Insomnia · Hypersomnia · Sleep apnea (Obstructive, Ondine's curse) · Narcolepsy · Cataplexy · Kleine-Levin · Circadian rhythm sleep disorder (Advanced sleep phase syndrome, Delayed sleep phase syndrome, Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome, Jet lag)

CSF

Intracranial hypertension (Hydrocephalus/NPH, Idiopathic intracranial hypertension) · Cerebral edema · Intracranial hypotension

Other

Brain herniation · Reye's · Hepatic encephalopathy · Toxic encephalopathy

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Syringomyelia · Syringobulbia · Morvan's syndrome · Vascular myelopathy (Foix-Alajouanine syndrome) · Spinal cord compression

Both/either

Degenerative

SA	Friedreich's ataxia · Ataxia telangiectasia

MND	UMN only: PLS · PP · HSP LMN only: PMA · PBP (Fazio-Londe, Infantile progressive bulbar palsy) · Spinal muscular atrophies (SMA, SMARD1, SBMA, SMAX2, SMA-PCH) both: ALS

M: CNS

anat(n/s/m/p/4/e/b/d/c/a/f/l/g)/phys/devp

noco(m/d/e/h/v/s)/cong/tumr, sysi/epon, injr

proc, drug(N1A/2AB/C/3/4/7A/B/C/D)

Mental and behavioral disorders (F 290–319)

Neurological/symptomatic

Dementia	Mild cognitive impairment Alzheimer's disease Multi-infarct dementia Pick's disease Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Huntington's disease Parkinson's disease AIDS dementia complex Frontotemporal dementia Sundowning Wandering

Other	Delirium Post-concussion syndrome Organic brain syndrome

Psychoactive substances, substance abuse, drug abuse and substance-related disorders

Intoxication/Drug overdose Physical dependence Substance dependence Rebound effect Double rebound Withdrawal

Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional

Psychosis	Schizoaffective disorder Schizophreniform disorder Brief reactive psychosis

Schizophrenia	Disorganized schizophrenia Delusional disorder Folie à deux

Mood (affective)

Mania Bipolar disorder (Bipolar I Bipolar II Cyclothymia Bipolar NOS) Depression (Major depressive disorder Dysthymia Seasonal affective disorder Atypical depression Melancholic depression)

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform

Anxiety disorder

Phobia	Agoraphobia Social anxiety Social phobia (Anthropophobia) Specific phobia (Claustrophobia) Specific social phobia

Other	Panic disorder Panic attack Generalized anxiety disorder OCD stress (Acute stress reaction PTSD)

Adjustment disorder

Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

Somatoform disorder

Dissociative disorder

Physiological/physical behavioral

Eating disorder	Anorexia nervosa Bulimia nervosa Rumination syndrome NOS

Nonorganic sleep disorders	(Nonorganic hypersomnia Nonorganic insomnia) Parasomnia (REM behavior disorder Night terror Nightmare)

Sexual dysfunction	sexual desire (Hypoactive sexual desire disorder Hypersexuality) sexual arousal (Female sexual arousal disorder) Erectile dysfunction orgasm (Anorgasmia Delayed ejaculation Premature ejaculation Sexual anhedonia) pain (Vaginismus Dyspareunia)

Postnatal	Postpartum depression Postnatal psychosis

Adult personality and behavior

Sexual and gender identity	Sexual maturation disorder Ego-dystonic sexual orientation Sexual relationship disorder Paraphilia (Voyeurism Fetishism)

Other	Personality disorder Impulse control disorder (Kleptomania Trichotillomania Pyromania Dermatillomania) Body-focused repetitive behavior Factitious disorder (Münchausen syndrome)

Mental disorders diagnosed in childhood

Mental retardation	X-Linked mental retardation (Lujan-Fryns syndrome)

Psychological development (developmental disorder)	Specific Pervasive

Emotional and behavioral	ADHD Conduct disorder (ODD) emotional disorder (Separation anxiety disorder) social functioning (Selective mutism RAD DAD) Tic disorder (Tourette syndrome) Speech (Stuttering Cluttering) Movement disorder (Stereotypic)

Symptoms and uncategorized

Catatonia False pregnancy Intermittent explosive disorder Psychomotor agitation Sexual addiction Stereotypy Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures Klüver-Bucy syndrome

M: PSO/PSI

mepr

dsrd (o, p, m, p, a, d, s), sysi/epon, spvo

proc(eval/thrp), drug(N5A/5B/5C/6A/6B/6D)

Speech and language assessment

Contents

For children

For adults

See also

References

External links