162: BRISBANE EVIDENCE-BASED LANGUAGE TEST BRISBANE EBLT: A NEW DIAGNOSTIC TEST FOR THE IDENTIFICATION OF ACUTE POST-STROKE LANGUAGE DISORDERS

摘要

Background and aimsStroke clinical guidelines recommend that “All patients should be screened for communication deficits using a screening tool that is valid and reliable” (p.90). Current speech pathology practice does not meet this recommendation instead relying on clinical experience or informal language screeners which have not undergone validation by clinical research. This research involves the development of the Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test (Brisbane EBLT), a reliable, valid diagnostic test for the identification of acute post-stroke language disorders.