The Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) was developed for individuals who are too impaired to complete standard neuropsychological tests.

Severe Impairment Battery
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Severe Impairment Battery

SIB

Judy Saxton,K. L. McGonigle,A. A. Swihart,Francois Boller


The Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) was developed for individuals who are too impaired to complete standard neuropsychological tests.

Age range:
Adults, 51 to 91 years
Qualification level:
B
Administration:
20 minutes
Norms:
70 U.S. patient clinical study

SIB focuses on gathering direct performance-based data on a wide variety of low-level tasks that take into account the specific behavioral and cognitive deficits associated with severe dementia.

Benefits

  • Assess Cognitive Severely Demented Elderly.
  • Allows non-verbal and partially correct responses.
  • Admits simpler response modes such as matching.