Table 1.

A set of standard tests to assess aphasia overcomes.

Scale	Time of Examination	Tested Language Functions	Identifiable Types of Aphasia
FAST (The Frenchay Aphasia Screening Test)	5–10 min	understanding spoken language production, reading, writing	presence of aphasia
MAST (The Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test)	5–15 min	understanding spoken language production, reading, writing	presence of aphasia
BDAE (Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination)	20–45 min (for the shortened version) 2–6 h (for the extended version)	understanding spoken language production, reading, writing	all types of aphasia: Broca’s aphasia, Wernicke’s aphasia, anomic aphasia, global aphasia, isolation, transcortical motor aphasia, transcortical sensory aphasia, conduction aphasia
WAB (The Western Aphasia Battery)	30–60 min	understanding spoken language production, reading, writing	all types of aphasia
PALPA (The Psycholinguistic Assessments of Language Processing)	difficult to estimate, depends on the choice of subtest	understanding reading, writing	assess language processing abilities in aphasic patients
BNT (The Boston Naming Test)	20 min	picture naming	all types of aphasia
TOKEN TEST	10–30 min	understanding	all types of aphasia
CAT (The Comprehensive Aphasia Test)	90–120 min	understanding spoken language production, reading, writing	all types of aphasia