hearing loss in the left ear, consistent with noise induced hearing loss prevalent in populations of mill workers (Ertem, Ilçin, & Meriç, 1998). Background Assessment: An extensive battery of background assessments was undertaken to investigate AB’s neuropsychological and linguistic profiles and auditory processing skills. Neuropsychological Testing: The neuropsychological battery investigated verbal and visuo-spatial memory capacity using forward digit and corsi block span respectively. A direct copy of the (Myers & Myers, 1995) assessed perceptual organisation. Rey Complex Figure Abstract reasoning was investigated using the Coloured Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1976). Linguistic Testing: The linguistic battery assessed input, central semantic and output processing AB’s multi-modally. The 64-item battery (Bozeat, Lambon Ralph, Patterson, Garrard, & Hodges, 2000) was used to assess single word auditory and written comprehension over the same items. Sentence level auditory and written comprehension was assessed using the (TROG: Bishop, 1989). Central Test for Reception of Grammar semantic processing was investigated using the three picture version of the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test (PPT: Howard & Patterson, 1992). Subtests from the (PALPA: Kay, Psycholinguistic Assessments of Language Processing in Aphasia Coltheart, & Lesser, 1992) assessed single word reading and written picture naming along with single word repetition and spelling to dictation. Oral naming was assessed
hearing loss in the left ear, consistent with noise induced hearing loss prevalent in populations of mill workers (Ertem, Ilçin, & Meriç, 1998). Background Assessment: An extensive battery of background assessments was undertaken to investigate AB’s neuropsychological and linguistic profiles and auditory processing skills. Neuropsychological Testing: The neuropsychological battery investigated verbal and visuo-spatial memory capacity using forward digit and corsi block span respectively. A direct copy of the Rey Complex Figure (Myers & Myers, 1995) assessed perceptual organisation. Abstract reasoning was investigated using the Coloured Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1976). Linguistic Testing: The linguistic battery assessed AB’s input, central semantic and output processing multi-modally. The 64-item battery (Bozeat, Lambon Ralph, Patterson, Garrard, & Hodges, 2000) was used to assess single word auditory and written comprehension over the same items. Sentence level auditory and written comprehension was assessed using the Test for Reception of Grammar (TROG: Bishop, 1989). Central semantic processing was investigated using the three picture version of the Pyramids and Palm Trees Test (PPT: Howard & Patterson, 1992). Subtests from the Psycholinguistic Assessments of Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA: Kay, Coltheart, & Lesser, 1992) assessed single word reading and written picture naming along with single word repetition and spelling to dictation. Oral naming was assessed
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