A Tablet-Based Aphasia Assessment System "STELA": Feasibility and Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an extensive library of language tests, each with excellent psychometric properties; however, many of the tests available take considerable administration time, possibly bearing psychological strain on patients. The Short and Tailored Evaluation of Language Ability (STELA) is a simplified, tablet-based language ability assessment system developed to address this issue, with a reduced number of items and automated testing process.

Objective

The aim of this paper is to assess the administration time, internal consistency, and validity of the STELA.

Methods

The STELA consists of a tablet app, a microphone, and an input keypad for clinician's use. The system is designed to assess language ability with 52 questions grouped into 2 comprehension modalitie

SUBMITTER: Inamoto Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9947769 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature