Adaptation of Montreal Communication Evaluation Battery to European Portuguese

Mônica Kerr, Karina Pagliarin, Fabiola Schwengber Casarin, Ana Mineiro, Perrine Ferré, Yves Joanette, Rochelle Paz da Fonseca

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Abstract

Purpose: To present the adaptation of the Bateria Montreal de Avaliação de Comunicação (Bateria MAC-BR) - to the Portuguese social cultural reality - Bateria MAC portuguese version (MAC-PT Battery). Methods: The adaptation process involved six steps: 1) comparative analyses ofBateria MAC-BR to its original Canadian version; 2) adaptation and development of new stimuli by specialists; 3) analysis by non-specialist judges, 4) analysis by expert judges; 5) pilot Study 1 (n=10); e 6) pilot Study 2 (n=30) as well as inter-rater agreement.
Results: The completion of steps permited significant changes in the MAC Battery, which allowed a proper adaptation to the socio-cultural and linguistic Portuguese reality. Conclusion: The MAC-PT battery is a useful clinical tool for the communication evaluation of patients with neurological lesion.
Translated title of the contributionAdaptação da Bateria Montreal de Avaliação da Comunicação para o português europeu
Original languageEnglish
JournalAudiology - Communication Research
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • Adult
  • Communication
  • Language tests
  • Stroke
  • Neuropsychological tests

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