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Auditory and visual naming tests: Normative and patient data for accuracy, response time, and tip-of-the-tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2003

Hamberger Marla J.  and
Seidel William T.
Hamberger Marla J.*
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
Seidel William T.
Affiliation:
Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York Currently at Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Raritan, New Jersey
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Reprint requests to: Marla J. Hamberger, Ph.D., The Neurological Institute, Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, 710 West 168th Street, Box 100, New York, NY 10032. E-mail: mh61@columbia.edu
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Abstract

Naming is typically assessed with visual naming tasks, yet, some patients with genuine word-finding difficulty (evident in auditorily based discourse) show minimal difficulty on such measures. Evidence from cortical mapping, brain imaging and neuropsychological studies suggests that auditory naming measures might provide more relevant or at least, complementary information. We developed comparable auditory and visual naming tests and present normative data for accuracy, response time, and tip-of-the-tongue responses based on 100 controls. Test validity was supported by findings that left temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) patients (i.e., a population with expected naming difficulty) performed more poorly on auditory but not visual naming compared to right TLE patients (i.e., a population without expected naming difficulty). Internal and test–retest reliability coefficients were reasonable. Finally, test utility was assessed on an individual basis, and auditory but not visual naming performance predicted impairment. (JINS, 2003, 9, 479–489.)

Keywords

Auditory namingWord findingTip-of-the-tongueTemporal lobe epilepsy
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , 25 March 2003 , pp. 479 - 489
Copyright
Copyright © The International Neuropsychological Society 2003

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