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Mrs. Johnson is a 69 year-old woman who was diagnosed with Broca’s aphasia and apraxia of speech. You have been asked to evaluate her motor speech skills. She already participated in the administration of the WAB-R by the referring SLP and, by report, presented with groping on the test. She is quite impaired verbally and really struggling to communicate basic wants and needs and can only communicate at the one- to two-word level. She is spontaneously using pointing in her hospital room to communicate. You need to select a test to administer to assess her apraxic speech. a) What formal test (name and acronym) would you administer to assess this patient? b) Name and describe two subtests you would administer; be specific about the information these subtests would provide. c) How would Mrs. Johnson’s performance on this test affect your therapy?
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