Adaptation of The Western Aphasia Battery in Bangla

• Authors: Nirnay Kumar Keshree , Suman Kumar , Shriya Basu , Madhushree Chakrabarty , Thomas Kishore
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Aphasia following an acquired neurological insult necessitates an in-depth evaluation of the primary and secondary language symptoms. Of all the tools available for aphasia diagnosis, the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB; Kertesz, 1982) has proved to be one of the most comprehensive test batteries for describing the aphasia symptom complex. Several authors have pointed out the need for language-specific tools for the assessment of aphasia. But in Bengali, the most prevalent language in eastern India, no formal language assessment tool was available to date. The present study adapted the original WAB in Bengali to give the Bengali WAB (B-WAB). The study was completed in three phases: development, standardization and validation of the B-WAB. The test material was developed preserving the total number of items, however minor changes were made wherever necessary so that it matched the sociolinguistic norms in this part of the country. It was standardized in a group of 150 normal individuals in five different age groups ranging from 18-70 years, and normative values were provided for each subtest for each group. For establishing validity, it was administered to 30 aphasic subjects and the results indicated that the B-WAB was a valid tool for testing individuals with aphasia.

Keywords

EN

aphasia; Bengali; WAB

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Psychology of Language and Communication
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 189-201

Dates

published

2013-09-01

online

2013-09-06

Contributors

author

Nirnay Kumar Keshree

• Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, ERC, Kolkata

author

Suman Kumar

• Dept. of Speech Language Pathology, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, ERC, B.T. Road, Bon Hooghly, Kolkata-700090, India

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Shriya Basu

• Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, ERC, Kolkata

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Madhushree Chakrabarty

• Bangur Institute of Neurosciences, Kolkata

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Thomas Kishore

• University of Hyderabad

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/plc-2013-0012