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Psychology: Research and Review

Table 1 Description and selection criteria for participants in each stage of the adaptation and validation of the Brief MTL-BR

From: Brief Montreal-Toulouse Language Assessment Battery: adaptation and content validity

Stages

N

Selection criteria

Stage 1

Evaluation of existing instruments and stimulus selection

02 aphasia specialists

01 speech pathologist working toward a master’s degree in human communication disorders

Authors of the instrument

Stage 2

Non-expert judges

28 non-expert judges

(N = 21 female, N = 07 male)

Neurologically healthy adults, native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. At least 5 years of formal education.

Stage 3

Expert judges

09 expert judges

(N = 5 speech pathologists with doctoral training and experience with language/aphasiology; N = 4 speech pathologists with doctoral training and experience with linguistics and phonological acquisition)

Experience in the study of language, aphasiology, and/or linguistics, selected based on clinical and/or research experience.

Stage 4

Pilot Study 1

Pilot Study 2

07 neurotypical adults

(N = 4 female, N = 3 male)

65 neurotypical adults (N = 44 female, N = 21 male)

Neurologically healthy adults, right-handed, native speakers of Brazilian Portuguese. At least 5 years of formal education. No signs of depression; no current or prior history of psychoactive substance abuse; no psychiatric, neurological, and/or sensory disorders (uncorrected auditory and/or visual impairment).