The Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination is a test used to diagnose the presence and type of aphasia through evaluation of language behaviors and identification of aphasic syndromes. It assesses auditory comprehension, speech, word retrieval, repetition, writing, and reading comprehension over 5 major sections. The exam takes 3-5 hours to administer but has a short form that takes 1 hour. It is designed for patients with brain damage, both with and without aphasia, and can be used for inpatients or outpatients.

1. BOSTON DIAGNOSTIC APHASIA
EXAMINATION By: Hina Khalid

2. BOSTON DIAGNOSTIC APHASIA
EXAMINATION
Boston oriented towards the presence and type of
aphasia.
Leading to location of brain damage(Goodglass & Kaplan
, 1972).
The BDAE designed for language behaviors and
identification of aphasic syndromes.
It includes auditory comprehension, self initiated &
conversational speech, word retrieval & repetition.
“A short form contains select items from 21 subtests of
the standard form” (Brookshire, 2007).

3. “3 GENERAL AIMS”
Diagnosis of presence & type of aphasic syndrome.
Level of performance.
Assessments of strengths & weaknesses.

4. NORMATIVE SAMPLE
242 Male patients
English speaking
Highly selected.

5. MAJOR RESOURCES :
Booklet
Stimulus cards.
Stimulus cards short form
Examining for aphasia with the BDAE video.

6. CONT:
BDAE is for:
Patients with brain damaged.
Aphasia / non aphasic.
Inpatients/outpatients.

7. Administration Time:
3-5 hours ( 1 hour for short battery).

11. 5 MAJOR SECTIONS
Conversational/ex
pository speech
Writing
Undertsanding
written
language
Oral
expression
Auditory
comprehensi
on