title: Test of everyday attention
text: # Test of everyday attention
  
  The Test of Everyday Attention (TEA) is designed to measure attention in adults age 18 through 80 years. The test comprises 8 subsets that represent everyday tasks and has three parallel forms. It assess three aspects of attentional functioning: selective attention, sustained attention, and mental shifting.
  
  ## Test subsets
  
  The subsets include the following:
  
  * Map Search: looking at a large map of Philadelphia, patients search for symbols (selective attention)
  * Elevator Counting: subjects listen to a series of tones, and must indicate a floor number
  * Visual Elevator: subjects must count up and down in response to a series of visually presented "floors"
  * Telephone Search: subjects must identify symbols in a simulated telephone directory, in some versions counting audio tones at the same time
  * Lottery: subjects are asked to listen for their 'winning number' presented on audio tape, then write down the two letters preceding a specified number
  
  ## TEA-Ch
  
  There is also a version available for children and adolescents aged 6 to 15 years and 11 months, called the Test of Everyday Attention for Children (TEA-Ch). The TEA-Ch has 9 subsets and two parallel forms. Administration time is 55 to 60 minutes.
  
  ### TEA-Ch subsets
  
  Selective attention is measured by two tasks requiring the ability to detect targets from distractors:
  
  * Sky Search
  * Map Mission
  
  Sustained attention is measured by four tasks:
  
  * Score
  * Score DT
  * Code Transmission
  * Walk/Don't Walk
  