RAVLT and nonverbal analog: French forms and clinical findings

The Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences. Le Journal Canadien Des Sciences Neurologiques
V Sziklas, Marilyn Jones-Gotman

Abstract

Objective clinical evaluation of memory frequently requires serial testing but the issue of whether multi-formed tests are equivalent and can be used interchangeably is seldom examined. An added problem in bilingual Canadian settings is the extent to which it is appropriate to measure French speakers' performance on translations of English tests. The present work used the Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) and a nonverbal analog, the Aggie Figures Learning Test (AFLT), to examine whether a) different forms of the same test are equivalent, b) performance on the two tests is comparable, c) two language groups perform similarly, and d) the RAVLT can detect dysfunction in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). We compared three French versions of the RAVLT and three forms of the AFLT in 114 healthy francophone adults. We subsequently compared the performance of the same francophone subjects to a previously obtained sample of anglophones on both tests, and then administered the RAVLT to anglophone or francophone patients with TLE. For both tasks the three forms were equivalent and performance on the RAVLT was comparable to that on the AFLT. Francophone subjects performed slightly worse on the RAVLT compared to anglophone...Continue Reading

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