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.

Overview

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

Product Details

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.