Some assessments, such as the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) (Kertesz, 1982) or the
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (Goodglass & Kaplan, 1983) purport to assess type and severity of aphasia.
The tests were derived from the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Form M (Dunn & Dunn, 1981), the
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (Goodglass & Kaplan, 1972), the Woodcock Reading Mastery Tests Form A (1973), and the Wide Range Achievement Test (Jastak & Jastak, 1978).
Dentre as mais utilizadas internacionalmente estao:
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE), Aachen Aphasia Test (AAT), Psycholinguistic Assessment of Language Processing in Aphasia (PALPA), Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) e Montreal-Toulouse Battery.
Entre os mais citados estao Aphasia Diagnostic Profiles [4], Boston Assessment of Severe Aphasia (BASA) [5],
Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination (BDAE) [6], Boston Naming Test (BNT) [7], Minnesota Test for Differential Diagnosis of Aphasia (MTDDA), Multilingual Aphasia Examination (MAE) [8], Neurosensory Center Comprehensive Examination for Aphasia (NCCEA) [9], Porch Index Communicative Ability (PICA) [10], Reading Comprehension Battery for Aphasia (RCBA) [11], Token Test [12] e Western Aphasia Battery [13].