Performance Characteristics of Postacute Traumatic Brain Injury Patients on the WAIS-III and WMS-III

Publication of the third editions of the Wechsler intelligence and memory batteries in 1997 created a need for research identifying Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition/Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III/WMS-III) profile patterns associated with neuropathology. The WAIS-III/WMS...

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Published in:Clinical neuropsychologist 2001-12, Vol.15 (4), p.516-520
Main Authors: Axelrod, Bradley N., Fichtenberg, Norman L., Liethen, Philip C., Czarnota, Michael A., Stucky, Kirk
Format: Article
Language:English
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Acute Disease
Adult
Brain Injuries - complications
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Female
Humans
Male
Time Factors
Wechsler Scales
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Summary:Publication of the third editions of the Wechsler intelligence and memory batteries in 1997 created a need for research identifying Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition/Wechsler Memory Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III/WMS-III) profile patterns associated with neuropathology. The WAIS-III/WMS-III Technical Manual offers data on various diagnostic groups, including traumatic brain injury (TBI). Hawkins (1998) employed Technical Manual data to propose certain diagnostic guidelines. In order to validate the conclusions put forth by Hawkins as they apply to brain injury, we examined WAIS-III and WMS-III profiles in an independent sample of 46 TBI cases. As expected, the WAIS-III Processing Speed Index (PSI) was more sensitive to brain injury than other WAIS-III composites; and specific WAIS-III scores were stronger than certain WMS-III scores. On the other hand, the predicted relationship for WMS-III auditory and visual indexes was not found. The lack of specificity for TBI of the proposed index comparisons confirms the need to validate such hypotheses in independent samples.
ISSN:1385-4046
1744-4144
DOI:10.1076/clin.15.4.516.1884