The Western Aphasia Battery—Revised (WAB–R) is the updated version of the highly respected and widely used instrument for assessing adult patients with aphasia. Maintaining structure, content, and clinical value with key improvements, it is an individually administered assessment for adults with acquired neurological disorders (e.g., as a result of stroke, head injury, dementia). Like the previous edition, the WAB–R assesses the linguistic skills most frequently affected by aphasia, in addition to key nonlinguistic skills, and provides differential diagnosis information.

New Features Mean Enhanced Utility

The WAB–R, a full battery of 8 subtests (32 short tasks), maintains the structure and overall content and clinical value of the current measure while creating these improvements:

• Two-part Record Form for ease of use – Part 1 includes oral language tasks for Aphasia Quotient; Part 2 includes supplemental tasks (Reading, Writing, Apraxia, Constructional, Visuospatial, and Calculation, and new Supplemental Reading and Writing tasks)
• New Supplemental Reading and Writing tasks aid in distinguishing between surface, deep, and visual dyslexia
• Items based on current relevance (e.g., toy gun replaced by book)
• Optional manipulative kit includes most items needed for administration
• Spiral-bound stimulus book replaces loose stimulus cards for ease of administration and storage
• Manual with test interpretation relevant to aphasic populations, historical evidence of reliability and validity, and information about the use of the WAB–R with individuals with dementia
• Revised administration directions—more user-friendly with directions to the examinee for all tasks
• Expanded scoring guidelines for clarity
• Bedside Record Form—provides quick look at functioning
• Record Form Part 2 includes space to record Raven's subtest responses for easier scoring

What Does the WAB–R Do?

1. Identifies and Classifies Aphasia Types
   • Global
   • Wernicke's
   • Broca's
   • Transcortical Sensory
   • Isolation
   • Transcortical Motor
   • Conduction
   • Anomic
2. Assesses Linguistic Skills Most Frequently Affected by Aphasia
   • Content
   • Fluency
   • Auditory Comprehension
   • Repetition and Naming
   • Reading
   • Writing
3. Assesses Nonlinguistic Skills
   • Drawing
   • Block Design
   • Calculation
   • Praxis