Variability and flexibility of diagnostic procedures as exemplified by speech-language diagnosis of patients in the neurology department of Szpital Czerniakowski sp. z o.o. in Warsaw

Abstract

The text describes the variability and flexibility of speech-language diagnostic procedures which are adjusted to special needs of patients of neurological ward. The authors use tools that have been specifically developed by them. The diagnostic procedure includes: case history, short conversation, the speech-language abilities assessment (creating and understanding of verbal messages), preliminary assessment of speech abilities using deliberately prepared words and sentences, non-verbal capacities evaluation, primary functions assessment. The authors share the clinical and experimental approach to the speech-language diagnosis and justify the designated procedure for the preliminary speech-language diagnosis. They also underscore thec omplexity of the connections between biopsychic and environmental factors that can influence the process of speech-language diagnosis process.