A theoretically motivated approach of receptive language assessment based on an interactive spreading activation account of language processing

In French language, existing tests do not provide a sensitive assessment of auditory comprehension impairments in aphasic patients. These tests don’t detect slight deficits because their a limited number of tasks and items. Our aim was to construct a series of more sensible tasks to assess auditory perception. Our battery consists on of phonological, lexical, semantic and verbal short-term memory tasks with a high number of items for each test. The computerization of tasks allows to measure correct answers and time latency and allows a standardized assessment.

Our poster will focus on our assessment tasks of auditory comprehension, performances pattern of our aphasic patient and underlying theoretical models.