If seizures left speechless: CA-P-S C-A-R-E, a proposal of a new ictal language evaluation protocol.
Lorenzo FerriLuca VignatelliLara AlvisiMartina FabbriSilvia BoscaratoCorrado ZenesiniLaura LicchettaLorenzo MuccioliPaolo TinuperFrancesca BisulliPublished in: Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2020)
The proposed protocol, made of simple and easy to memorize tests, is an effective tool that evaluates multiple domains beyond language. Its use could help to recognize ictal aphasia effectively and differentiate it from impaired awareness, minimizing inter-examiner variability.