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Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Exam (BDAE-3)
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Classification
Supplemental: Friedreich's Ataxia (FA) and Mitochondrial Disease (Mito)
Short Description of Instrument
The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination - Third Edition (BDAE-3) helps to distinguish between disorders of aphasic syndromes and to provide a comprehensive assessment of language to guide therapy. The test is organized into five major sections: Conservational and Expository Speech; Auditory Comprehension; Oral Expression; Understanding Written Language; and Writing.
Comments/Special Instructions
The short form takes 30 to 45 minutes to complete.
Scoring and Psychometric Properties
Scoring: Scoring is based upon the severity rating scale, the rating scale profile of speech characteristics, and the pattern of performance across subtests and modalities after raw scores have been converted to z-scores.
 
Psychometric Properties: The normative sample is a stroke population; thus, scores are not normally distributed but negatively skewed.
Rationale/Justification
Strengths: Assesses language comprehensively, including reading and writing; subtests can be used independently.
 
Weaknesses: Adult only norms, designed to assess aphasia syndromes rather than developmentally based disorders of language.
References
Key References:
Goodglass H, Kaplan E, & Barresi B. (2001). The assessment of aphasia and related disorders (3rd edition). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
 
Fong MWM, Van Patten R, Fucetola RP. The Factor Structure of the Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, Third Edition. J Int Neuropsychol Soc. 2019 Aug;25(7):772-76.
 
Additional References:
Aphasia Assessment. Neuropsychology Central, Copyright 2002 Telepsychology Solutions/ J. N. Browndyke, Ph.D. Neuropsychology Central.
 
Singh A, Epstein E, Myers LM, Farmer JM, Lynch DR. Clinical measures of dysarthria in Friedreich Ataxia. Mov Disord. 2010 Jan 15;25(1):108-11.
 
Document last updated March 2024