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APPENDIX 4.3
Cognitive Linguistic Quick Test – severity ratings and scores
(Helm-Estebrooks, 2001)
Tasks include participants giving personal details verbally, symbol cancellation (identifying target
symbols from a large range of different symbols), confrontation naming (10 items), clock drawing
(completing a clock by insertion of the numbers and indicating a specified time), story retelling
with six related auditory comprehension closed questions (yes/no responses), symbol trails
(connection of alternate shapes of varying sizes), spoken generative naming (animals and words
beginning with the letter [m]) design memory (identification of pairs of abstract designs from
selection of six designs following memorisation), maze completion (completion of a simple and
more complex maze) and design generation (creation of different designs using only four lines
and four dots).
Severity ratings for participants in the study
Severity ratings table for ages 18-69 years
Cognitive domain Within normal Mild Moderate Severe
limits
Attention 215-180 179-125 124-50 49-0
Memory 185-155 154-141 140-110 109-0
Executive Functions 40-24 23-20 19-16 15-0
Language 37-29 28-25 24-21 20-0
Visuospatial skills 105-82 81-52 51-42 41-0
Clock drawing skills 13-12 11-10 9-8 7-0
Method of obtaining scores for each cognitive domain
Tasks WNL Attention Memory Executive
Functions
Language Visuospatial
skills
Personal Facts 8 x 7 = x 1 =
Symbol Cancellation 11 x 9 = x 2 =
Confrontation Naming 10 x 1 =
Story Retelling 6 x 2 = x 6 = x 1 =
Symbol Trails 9 x 3 = x 1 = x 2 =
Generative Naming 5 x 1 = x 1 = x 1 =
Design Memory 5 x 2 = x 10 = x 4 =
Mazes 7 x 4 = x 1 = x 3 =
Design Generation 6 x 1 = x 1 = x 1 =
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