An adaptation of the Aphasia Screening Test for use with Panjabi speakers

Mumby, Katharyn

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“…To our knowledge, all previous endeavours to adapt the eight aforementioned aphasia screening tools into a new language are scarce and fail to provide comprehensive procedures for the linguistic adaptation (Košťálová et al, 2008;Mumby, 1988;Romero et al, 2012). Two studies adapted the MAST into Czech (Košťálová et al, 2008) and Spanish (Romero et al, 2012), while a third adapted the ASE (Reitan, 1985) into Panjabi (Mumby, 1988).…”

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“…Two studies adapted the MAST into Czech (Košťálová et al, 2008) and Spanish (Romero et al, 2012), while a third adapted the ASE (Reitan, 1985) into Panjabi (Mumby, 1988). The two adaptations of the MAST either lacked description of translation procedures (Košťálová et al, 2008) or failed to specify the number of translators or evaluation procedures (Romero et al, 2012).…”

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“…The two adaptations of the MAST either lacked description of translation procedures (Košťálová et al, 2008) or failed to specify the number of translators or evaluation procedures (Romero et al, 2012). Although the adaptation of the ASE (Reitan, 1985) into Panjabi (Mumby, 1988) involved a comprehensive description of differing linguistic features between English and Panjabi, the actual translation procedures were unclear (Mumby, 1988). By using systematic multistep evaluations in conjunction with cross-linguistic comparisons, we ensured that LASTen assessed the same constructs as the original version (Ziegler & Bensch, 2013) and that it was suitable for multiple English dialects.…”

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English adaptation, international harmonisation, and normative validation of the Language Screening Test (LAST)

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Background: The Language Screening Test (LAST) is a unique bedside tool, designed to rapidly and reliably evaluate aphasia during the acute and chronic phases of stroke. Two equivalent reliable and validated versions of the LAST exist in French. Aims: Our objective was to conduct a linguistic adaptation for English (LASTen) through a process of translation, international harmonisation, and normalisation in multiple English-speaking countries. Methods & Procedures: There were four progressive stages in the adaptation of the LASTen including a series of sequential evaluations to identify problematic items, with selection of alternatives by consensus and in collaboration with the original LAST developers. First, three Canadian translators independently adapted the 29 items of the original LAST into English, resolving discrepancies by consensus to produce adaptation I. Evaluations of adaptation I involved ratings of translation difficulty and multidisciplinary expert panel review to produce adaptation II. Evaluations of adaptation II included ratings of translation quality by three different translators followed by healthy native speaker testing in Canada to produce adaptation III. Evaluations of adaptation III included expert review in Australia, Canada, England, and the USA for cultural acceptability and naturalness, followed by healthy native speaker testing in all the four countries to produce adaptation IV. Adaptation IV constituted a linguistically valid LASTen for four English dialects. We documented consensus decisions to modify or retain problematic items. We evaluated group differences using the Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables and chi-squared analyses for frequency variables with statistical significance of alpha ≤.05. Outcomes & Results: During the translation and the evaluations, we reconsidered 22 of the 29 items, revising 20 to produce adaptation IV of the LASTen. Normative testing in the four English-speaking countries involved 109 participants (mean age 60 years, SD ±16.1). Fifty-five percent were women, and 32% lacked postsecondary education. Fourteen participants made errors across nine items. There were no significant differences in errors for age, sex, or country. However, participants with postsecondary education made fewer errors than those without (p = .04). Conclusions: We achieved a linguistically compatible adaptation of the French LAST for English, confirming naturalness and cultural appropriateness in healthy native speakers of four English dialects. Our systematic multistep approach delineates

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“…A specific example of this as an approach to bilingual assessment is Mumby's (1988) Panjabi adaptation of Whurr's Aphasia Screening Test. She chose to adapt an existing test rather than devise a new one so that the test would already be familiar to therapists, and so that performance in English and Panjabi could be compared.…”

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The assessment of language impairment in elderly bilinguals and second language speakers in Australia

Baker

1993

Language Testing

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The pattern of migration to Australia over the last sixty years has been such that by the year 2001, almost 25% of the population aged 65 or over will have a first language other than English (Rowland, 1991a). Given that there is an age-related increase in the incidence of neurologically based language impairment, the need for appropriate language assessment procedures for elderly bilinguals and speakers of English as a second language is becoming increasingly apparent to health professionals in Australia. The design of such procedures presents particular challenges, however, and it is the purpose of this article (1) to set these out and (2) to consider ways in which they might be met. I The demographic and epidemiological contextIt has become customary in gerontological research to set the lower bound of the 'elderly' population (somewhat arbitrarily) at age 65. This group is commonly subdivided into the 'young-old' (aged 65-74) and the 'old-old' (aged 75 and over). A further category, the 'oldest-old' (aged 85 and over), is sometimes extracted from the latter group (Rowland, 1991b). Substantial increases in the numbers of elderly people are being observed worldwide, and the populations of most industrialized countries are 'ageing' in the sense that the proportion of elderly members to the population as a whole is increasing (Hugo and Wood, 1984). The age structure of a population results from the combined influences of fertility, mortality and migration: increased longevity is thus only one of several factors underlying the growth of the elderly population. It is, however, an important one in that it brings with it the likelihood of longer periods of ill-health in later life, particularly among the old-old (Rowland, 1991b). Of concern in this article are the age-related neurological disorders which result in impaired language abilities, and in particular the implications of these for the increasing numbers of elderly Australians who are not monolingual speakers of English.

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“…The Panjabi adaptation of the Aphasia Screening Test (AST; Whurr, 1974) as described in a previous paper (Mumby, 1988a) was constructed using linguistic, cultural and social criteria. The obvious problems in standardising such an adaptation, such as dialectical variation, diversity of patients' linguistic competence, small available sample size, and so on, are addressed by Mumby (1988a). This type of adaptation (see also Whurr, 1987) may be theoretically sound, but it requires some form of standardisation if it is to be clinically valid.…”

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Preliminary results from using the Panjabi adaptation of the Aphasia Screening Test

Mumby¹

1990

Intl J Lang & Comm Disor

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An adaptation of the Aphasia Screening Test for use with Panjabi speakers

Cited by 7 publications

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English adaptation, international harmonisation, and normative validation of the Language Screening Test (LAST)

English adaptation, international harmonisation, and normative validation of the Language Screening Test (LAST)

The assessment of language impairment in elderly bilinguals and second language speakers in Australia

Preliminary results from using the Panjabi adaptation of the Aphasia Screening Test

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