BAT screening test

We are continously working on screening versions in different languages of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT), developed by Michel Paradis (Paradis & Libben, 1987) and available in more than 65 language (see the BAT homepage in English and French). The aim of this very short version of the BAT is to allow clinicians to proceed to a screening of each of the languages in patients who are in the acute phase, but also to permit a quick screening of each of the patient's languages in multilinguals. The time needed for testing one language is around 18 minutes in speakers without impairment and less than 30 minutes in persons with aphasia (Gomes & Guilhem, 2011 ; Gomes, Guilhem, Prod'homme & Köpke, 2012). 

Each Screening BAT consists in an individual test sheet and a corresponding stimulus book. Both have to be printed on both sides of the paper in order to be used correctly.  Instructions for the construction of Screening BATs in new languages are available on the  BAT homepage. Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.


Test versions:
Stimulus Books:  
NEW ! The Screening BAT is now available in Korean, thanks to the adaptation realised by Jungjun Park (Baylor University, Texas).
 

Scoring sheets :
 

Bibliography :
 
  • Garcia, A. (2015). Validation du Screening BAT. Comparaison avec le protocole Montréal-Toulouse. Mémoire présenté en vue de l’obtention du certificat de capacité d’orthophonie. Toulouse : Université Paul Sabatier.
  • Garcia, A., Derieux, L., Busigny, T. & Köpke, B. (2015). Establishing criterion validity for the French version of the Screening BAT. A comparison of 30 aphasic patient’s performance on the Screening BAT and the MT-86 alpha and beta. Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie, 20 (supplement 1), « 16th International Sciences of Aphasia Conference », 48-50. HAL
  • Gomes, S. & Guilhem, V. (2011). Evaluer le patient aphasique bilingue en phase aiguë. Une version abrégée du BAT. Mémoire présenté en vue de l’obtention du certificat de capacité d’orthophonie. Toulouse : Université Paul Sabatier.
  • Gomes, S., Guilhem, V., Prod'homme, K. & Köpke, B. (2012). The BAT screening test. A very short version of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (BAT) in 8 languages. NPL Aphasia 2012, Toulouse. (pdf)
  • Guilhem, V., Gomes, S., Prod'homme, K. & Köpke, B. (2013). Le Screening BAT : un outil d’évaluation rapide disponible en 8 langues et adaptable à toutes les langues du BAT. Rééducation Orthophonique, 253, 121-142. (pdf)
  • Köpke, B., Marsili, H. & Prod’homme-Labrunée, K. (2015). Performance of unimpaired bilingual speakers of German and French on the Screening BAT. Aphasie et Domaines Associés, 2, 15-19. (pdf)
  • Lee, S., & Faroqi-Shah, Y. (2021). Performance of Korean–English bilinguals on an adaptation of the screening bilingual aphasia test. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders, 56 (4), 719–738. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.12623
  • Paradis, M. & Libben, G. (1987). The assessment of bilingual aphasia. Hillsdale (NJ): Lawrence Earlbaum Associates.