i-MEC fr

Research Centre of the University Institute of Geriatrics of Montreal (CRIUGM) offers version "Pocket" Montreal Protocol Assessment Communication, intelligent application version, for the establishment of a preliminary communication profile disorders of the oral and written communication adult brain-rights.
The use and interpretation of data from i-MEC-en is strictly reserved for professionals trained in the assessment and intervention for individuals with acquired neurological disorders. We suggest that individuals without specific training to consult health professionals (speech therapists, neuropsychologists, doctors) for information.
During the acute phase of care, individuals are often very fatigable and submitted to many other functional assessments. Therapists lack the time to track all aspects of communication. Physical constraints such as specific clinical reality in this environment call for equipment for speed and ease of use.
For a brief description of disorders of the oral and written language, the app i en-MEC allows specialized clinician in assessing the communication guide its evaluation and intervention. In 30 minutes i-MEC fr indicates where further exploration is recommended pretend affected components.
i-MEC fr therefore proposes lexical semantics, discourse and pragmatics of oral and screening skills in reading and writing language preliminary examination of prosodic dimensions.

The app i en-MEC has 10 events:
- A form of vision screening
- A questionnaire consciousness disorders
- An observation grid conversational speech
- A task of interpreting metaphors
- A task of free lexical evocation
- A semantic judgment task
- A task reminder narrative
- A task of interpretation of acts of indirect languages
- A reading task
- A writing task
 
Although i en-MEC is primarily intended for the evaluation of individuals cérébrolés rights, it is also useful to anyone who has an acquired disorder of verbal communication, such as individuals with left brain injury, head injury or dementia.
Format "application" has a high maneuverability, by an intuitive and "flip" function to present visual stimuli to the patient without interrupting the award design. It offers the ability to save portions of the assessment for future listing. The application also offers automatic calculation of z score and alert point to locate the performance of the individual in relation to age and education group immediately. Practical guides hyperlinked allow quick handling of the tool.

All tasks were normalized to control participants. The establishment of a point of warning allows the pathologist to compare the results of the individual assessed to those of the control population.