The following tools include industry screeners, PROM measures & assessment instruments available to SLPs.
Swallowing Screenings (no cost):
Swallowing Patient Reporting Outcome Measures (no cost):
- Swallowing Disturbance Questionnaire
- MD Anderson Dysphagia Inventory
- Reflux Symptom Index (RSI)
- Dysphagia Handicap Index
- PILL-5
- Cough Severity Index (CSI)
Non-instrumental/Swallowing Assessment Measures (no-cost):
- Oral Health Assessment Tool
- Performance Status Scale for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
- Functional Oral Intake Scale (FOIS)
- Sage Oral Cavity Assessment
- Test of Mastication and Swallowing Solids
- Food Disgust Test
Swallowing tests at cost for training/the app/test:
- Mann Assessment of Swallowing Ability (MASA) — free 30-day app trial
- Swallowing Quality of Life Questionnaire (SWAL-CARE)
Voice Patient Reporting Outcome Measures (no cost):
- Voice Handicap Index
- Singing Voice Handicap Index
- Voice-Related Quality of Life (V-RQOL)
- Dyspnea Index (DI)
- Chronic Cough Index (CCI)
- Newcastle Laryngeal Hypersensitivity Questionnaire
- Hull Airway Reflux Questionnaire (list of different languages)
Voice Assessment Measures (no-cost):
Cognition Screenings (no cost):
- The Saint Lous University Mental Status Examination (SLUMS) – standard & large print in English, Spanish versions
- Brief Evaluation of Executive Function
- Brief Interview for Mental Status (BIM)
- Medi-Cog
- Cognitive Communication Checklist for Acquired Brain Injury
- Brief Cognitive Assessment Tools (BCAT) Self-Assessment Tools
- Clock Test
- Screening for Self-Medication Post-Stroke Scale (S-5)
Cognition Screenings (cost for the training):
Cognition Patient Reporting Outcome Measures (no cost):
- Self-Administered Gero-Cognitive Evaluation (SAGE)
- Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE)
- Brief Cognitive Rating Scale (BCRS)
- Functional Activities Questionnaire in Older Adults with Dementia
- Executive Skills Questionnaire
- Multifactorial Memory Questionnaire
Cognition Assessment Measures (no-cost):
- Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R)
- Dementia Severity Rating Scale
- Functional Assessment Staging of Alzheimer’s Disease (FAST)
- Global Deterioration Scale (GDS)
- Short Blessed Test (SBT)
- Lawton Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale (IADL)
Cognition Assessments at cost for training/the app/test:
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- Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status Update (RBANS)
- Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool (BCAT)
- Functional Standardized Touchscreen Assessment of Cognition (FSTAC)
- Scales of Cognitive and Communicative Ability for Neurorehabilitation (SCCAN)
- Functional Assessment of Verbal Reasoning and Executive Strategies (FARVES)
- Ross Information Processing Assessment: Second EditionQuick
- Cognitive Linguistic Test (CLQT+)
Communication Screenings (no cost):
- Mississippi Aphasia Screening Test (MS Aphasia Screening Test)
- Cognitive Communication Checklist for Acquired Brain Injury
Communication Patient Reporting Outcome Measures (no cost):
- The Aphasia Impact Questionnaire
- The Communication Participation Item Bank (CPIB)
- The Communication Effectiveness Index (CETI)
Communication Assessment Measures (no cost):
- Brisbane Evidence-Based Language Test
- Quick Aphasia Battery (QAB)
- Newcastle Dysarthria Assessment Tool (N-DAT)
- Performance Status Scale for Head and Neck Cancer Patients
Communication Assessments at cost for training/the app/test:
- Arizona Battery for Communication Disorders for Dementia
- Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia (RCBA-2)
- Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)
- Multilingual Aphasia Examination (MAE-3)
- Woodcock Reading Mastery Test (WRMT-III)
- Aphasia Diagnostic Profiles (ADP)
- Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia (BASA)
- Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination, Third Edition (BDAE-3)
- Test of Adolescent/Adult Word Finding (TAWF)
- Communication Activities of Daily Living (CADL)
- Examining for Aphasia: Assessment of Aphasia and Related Impairments (EFA-3)
Please use this form below if you have a test or assessment measure to suggest (to recommend adding to the list), or if you have question or comments about a posted measure — for Nice Speech Lady:
*Disclosure: measures were sorted based on information listed in descriptions and industry standard details. Nice Speech Lady is not liable for the decision in which measures to utilize, and Nice Speech Lady recommends contacting the payer source’s requirements for standardized testing and measurements.
For swallowing, access and use of instrumental tests are recommended.