scholarly journals Reliable Change on the Boston Naming Test

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 375-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bonnie C. Sachs ◽  
John A. Lucas ◽  
Glenn E. Smith ◽  
Robert J. Ivnik ◽  
Ronald C. Petersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Reliable Change ◽  
Cognitively Normal ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
History Of ◽  
Clinical Conditions ◽  
Normal Adults ◽  
Serial Assessments ◽  
Naming Test

AbstractSerial assessments are commonplace in neuropsychological practice and used to document cognitive trajectory for many clinical conditions. However, true change scores may be distorted by measurement error, repeated exposure to the assessment instrument, or person variables. The present study provides reliable change indices (RCI) for the Boston Naming Test, derived from a sample of 844 cognitively normal adults aged 56 years and older. All participants were retested between 9 and 24 months after their baseline exam. Results showed that a 4-point decline during a 9–15 month retest period or a 6-point decline during a 16–24 month retest period represents reliable change. These cutoff values were further characterized as a function of a person's age and family history of dementia. These findings may help clinicians and researchers to characterize with greater precision the temporal changes in confrontation naming ability. (JINS, 2012, 18, 375–378)

scholarly journals Effect of Age, Education, and Bilingualism on Confrontation Naming in Older Illiterate and Low-Educated Populations

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sameer Ashaie ◽  
Loraine Obler
Keyword(s):  
First Language ◽  
Younger Adults ◽  
Cognitively Normal ◽  
Speaking Proficiency ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
L2 Speaking ◽  
Low Educated ◽  
Naming Performance ◽  
Naming Test ◽  
Better Than

We investigated the effects of age as well as the linked factors of education and bilingualism on confrontation naming in rural Kashmir by creating a culturally appropriate naming test with pictures of 60 objects. We recruited 48 cognitively normal participants whose ages ranged from 18 to 28 and from 60 to 85. Participants in our study were illiterate monolinguals(N=18)and educated Kashmiri-Urdu bilinguals(N=30). Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that younger adults performed better than older adults(P<0.01)and the age effect was quadratic (age2). It also showed Age X Education and Age X L2 Speaking interactions predicted naming performance. The Age X Education interaction indicated that the advantages of greater education increased with advancing age. Since education is in the second language (L2) in our population, this finding is no doubt linked to the Age X L2 Speaking interaction. This suggests that L2 speaking proficiency contributed more to first language (L1) naming with advancing age.

Expanded Exploration of the Auditory Naming Test in Patients with Dementia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Joseph A. Hirsch ◽  
George M. Cuesta ◽  
Pasquale Fonzetti ◽  
Joseph Comaty ◽  
Barry D. Jordan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Control Variable ◽  
Index Score ◽  
Diagnostic Utility ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Mean Response Time ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
Normal Individuals ◽  
Increased Sensitivity ◽  
Naming Test

Background: Auditory naming tests are superior to visual confrontation naming tests in revealing word-finding difficulties in many neuropathological conditions. Objective: To delineate characteristics of auditory naming most likely to reveal anomia in patients with dementia, and possibly improve diagnostic utility, we evaluated a large sample of patients referred with memory impairment complaints. Methods: Patients with dementia (N = 733) or other cognitive impairments and normal individuals (N = 69) were evaluated for frequency of impairment on variables of the Auditory Naming Test (ANT) of Hamberger & Seidel versus the Boston Naming Test (BNT). Results: Naming impairment occurred more frequently using the ANT total score (φ= 0.41) or ANT tip-of-the tongue score (TOT; φ= 0.19) but not ANT mean response time compared to the BNT in patients with dementia (p <  0.001). Significantly more patients were impaired on ANT variables than on the BNT in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD), mixed AD/VaD, and multiple domain mild cognitive impairment (mMCI) but not in other dementias or amnestic MCI (aMCI). This differential performance of patients on auditory versus visual naming tasks was most pronounced in older, well-educated, male patients with the least cognitive impairment. Impaired verbal comprehension was not contributory. Inclusion of an ANT index score increased sensitivity in the dementia sample (92%). Poor specificity (41%) may be secondary to the inherent limitation of using the BNT as a control variable. Conclusion: The ANT index score adds diagnostic utility to the assessment of naming difficulties in patients with suspected dementia.

scholarly journals Assessing language dominance in Mandarin–English bilinguals: Convergence and divergence between subjective and objective measures

2013 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 364-383 ◽  
Author(s):  
LI SHENG ◽  
YING LU ◽  
TAMAR H. GOLLAN
Keyword(s):  
Language Proficiency ◽  
Parent Report ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Objective Measures ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Language Dominance ◽  
Proficiency Level ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
Convergence And Divergence ◽  
Naming Test

This study examines the convergence and divergence between subjective and objective measures of language proficiency for assessing language dominance in Mandarin–English bilinguals. Sixty-two young adults (Experiment 1) and 27 children (Experiment 2) provided self-ratings of proficiency level (or were rated by their parents), were interviewed for spoken proficiency, and named pictures in the Multilingual Naming Test (MINT) and (in Experiment 1 only) the Boston Naming Test. In Experiment 1, the four measures converged in the number of people classified into different dominance groups but both naming tests indicated greater English dominance than self-report and interview measures. In Experiment 2, parent report and interview measures converged in dominance classifications but the MINT indicated higher degrees of English dominance. To a large extent bilinguals were able to classify themselves (or their children) into dominance groups but some mismatches between measures in dominance classification were observed for all age and dominance groups. These results, together with previous findings with Spanish–English bilingual adults (Gollan et al., 2012), suggest that bilinguals may shift to English dominance in confrontation naming before they do so in conversational fluency, and that dominance shifts persist throughout the lifespan but may be relatively more pronounced in children. These findings caution against the use of self-reports as the sole means of classifying bilinguals into dominance groups and support a multi-measure approach including direct assessment of the relevant linguistic domain.

scholarly journals Clinical Comparison of Two Confrontation Naming Measures in Spanish-Speaking People with Epilepsy

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Willa P. Vo ◽  
K. Chase Bailey ◽  
Virginia Zuverza-Chavarria ◽  
Marielle Nagele ◽  
Jason A. D. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Neuropsychological Tests ◽  
Characteristic Curve ◽  
Receiver Operator Characteristic Curve ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Full Sample ◽  
Latino People ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
Median Split ◽  
Cutoff Scores ◽  
Naming Test

Abstract Objective: Research on the lateralizing value of neuropsychological tests is limited among Latino people with epilepsy (PWE). This study aims to evaluate the utility of two confrontation naming measures in laterality determination. Method: Data were collected from 71 Latino PWE who completed the Vocabulario Sobre Dibujos (VSD) and the Pontón-Satz Modified Boston Naming Test (MBNT). Raw and standardized scores were examined to determine diagnostic accuracy for predicting left hemisphere (LH) epilepsy for the full sample and using a sample-specific median split of educational attainment. Results: The MBNT demonstrated adequate classification accuracy (65.7%, 77.1%) as did the VSD (54.3%, 74.3%) for predicting LH seizure laterality using raw and standardized scores, respectively. For participants with ≥ 9 years of education (HEdu), receiver operator characteristic curve analyses showed a raw/percentile cutoff of ≤ 26/≤ 5th on the VSD, yielding 53%–58% sensitivity/87%–83% specificity. A raw score cutoff of ≤ 17 on MBNT produced 47% sensitivity/78% specificity for HEdu participants. Conclusions: The VSD was found to have greater flexibility in determining cutoff scores using either raw or standardized scores for predicting seizure laterality. This study provides interpretation guidance, emphasizing education as a pertinent variable, to optimize lateralization accuracy for Latino PWE.

Qualitative Examination of Children's Naming Skills through Test Adaptations

1987 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 206-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Fried-Oken
Keyword(s):  
Effective Treatment ◽  
Language Disorder ◽  
Treatment Goals ◽  
Expressive Vocabulary ◽  
Qualitative Information ◽  
Word Finding ◽  
Confrontation Naming ◽  
Naming Test

A new procedure entitled the Double Administration Naming Technique is proposed to assist the clinician in obtaining qualitative information about a client's visual confrontation naming skills. It involves the administration of the standard naming test followed by a readministration of the instrument. A series of naming cues then are presented. By examining the number and types of naming errors produced during the two test presentations, the clinician distinguishes word-finding problems from expressive vocabulary limitations and qualitatively describes the language disorder. The cues that facilitate correct naming are used to plan effective treatment goals.

Boston Naming Test--Turkish Version

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayten Ekinci Soylu ◽  
Banu Cangöz
Keyword(s):  
Turkish Version ◽  
Boston Naming Test ◽  
Naming Test
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