How to make a language production test
Here, we summarise the main points that will help you make a reliable language production test. Design phase 4 seconds maximum: DES is not considered to have longer lasting effects …
Course: Language Testing During Awake Brain Surgery
The intermediate outcome
In this video, you see our patient again performing the same language tests. At this point, 1 week has passed since the operation. What do you notice now? Has his …
The intermediate outcome
In this video, you see our patient again performing the same language tests. At this point, 1 week has passed since the operation. What do you notice now? Has his …
Summary and goodbye
You have reached the end of our Language testing during awake brain surgery course. Professor Bastiaanse would like to wish you a goodbye in this last video. As mentioned in …
How we should map
One of the most renowned and skilled neurosurgeons in the world, Prof. Hugues Duffau, answers questions concerning intra-operative testing and shares his views on testing beyond language with us in …
DES vs nTMS mapping
Apart from intraoperative mapping, you now have seen how we can achieve a language map even preoperatively with navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation. One can wonder why we put the patient …
What nTMS can do
After you have seen the device itself, in this video Prof. Roelien Bastiaanse talks you through language mapping involving the nTMS device.
Alternative mapping to track the brain’s behaviour: nTMS
In this video, Dr. Frank Zanow, the CEO of ANT Neuro b.v. and eemagine GmbH, is presenting the device for an alternative mapping technique: navigated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation or nTMS.
Following up on our patient
We will now see the follow-up video on our patient. It shows him approximately 2 years after the surgery. What do you notice now in his language performance?
Keep working
Before we dive into the content of the last week and the exciting new developments in the field, we want to express our joy about the enthusiasm and great work …
Introduction to Week 6
Welcome to the 6th and final week of Language Testing during Awake Brain Surgery! We have nearly concluded this course. During this final week, we will investigate how our patient …
Wrapping up Week 5
With piloting your tests in your own small pilot population, you have reached the end of Week 5 of this course. We hope you enjoyed this hands-on assignment and learned …
Applying your tests
We hope you enjoyed designing your own little test at the end of last week. Just trying it out yourself does not ensure though, that it will bring the expected …
The immediate outcome
In this video, you see our patient performing the tests post-operatively a few days after the operation. What do you notice? Are you happy with how he is performing so …
Test administration intra- and postoperative
In the following video, Wencke Veenstra describes the applications of the tests previously selected per patient. Among the test described in the video is the Aphasia Bedside Check (ABC) from …
