The Palpa's proof is in the predicting

Abstract

Another test for aphasia? Why? We have so many. One reason for another test is that it does what existing tests do not do. Another reason is, of course, what it does do is important to do. The PALPA (Kay et al. 1992) may meet both criteria. The following is an impression, filtered through language barriers, bias, and experience, of whether the PALPA meets the criteria. Specifically, I ask what the PALPA appears to be, what it does not appear to be, and whether what it does justifies adding it to an aphasiologist's armamentarium. However, we might begin with what we expect an aphasia test to accomplish.