RELIABILITY OF THE ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN SEVERE APHASIA

The Assessment of Communicative Effectiveness in Severe Aphasia (ACESA ) was developed to measure the communicative effectiveness of people w ith severe aphasia following a stroke. The reliability was evaluated. Ten patients with severe communication difficulties (particularly limi ted expression) were assessed and videoed. The videos were rated by th ree trained raters. Reliability was calculated to demonstrate intrarat er and interrater reliability, and test-re-test reliability. Reliabili ty was good but needed to be improved across raters. It was concluded that the ACESA has the potential to be a useful clinical and research tool.