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Record 1 2025-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Auditory verbal agnosia(AVA) is the inability to comprehend verbal speech, but with retention of other forms of comprehension, such as written information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

L'agnosie auditive renvoie à l'incapacité d'identifier ou de reconnaître des sons en dépit d'un système auditif intact. La surdité verbale pure (agnosie auditive verbale) correspond à l'incapacité à comprendre les sons de la langue en dépit d'un langage normal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Hyperlexia is defined as the co-occurrence of advanced reading skills relative to comprehension skills or general intelligence, the early acquisition of reading skills without explicit teaching, and a strong orientation toward written material, generally in the context of a neurodevelopmental disorder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

L'hyperlexie est définie par des capacités de lectures avancées par rapport à la compréhension. Ces capacités de lecture sont acquises très tôt en l'absence d'enseignement explicite, mais d'une forte orientation de l'enfant vers le matériel écrit.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
CONT

The tests evaluate three skills : oral interaction, written comprehension and written expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratación de personal
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Record 4 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
Universal entry(ies)
C337
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This online course teaches speed reading skills and how to use and practice them at home and in the workplace. Participants will learn to read more quickly and increase their comprehension when processing large amounts of written material in a fast-paced environment.

OBS

C337: a Canada School of Public Service course code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C337
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce cours en ligne fournit certaines techniques de lecture rapide et comment les employer et les mettre en pratique, tant à la maison qu'au travail. Les participants apprendront à lire plus rapidement et à accroître leur niveau de compréhension lorsqu'ils devront traiter de grandes quantités de documents écrits dans un environnement où les activités se déroulent à un rythme rapide.

OBS

C337 : code de cours de l'École de la fonction publique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

An acute expression of Wernicke’s aphasia.

OBS

It is characterized by fluent paraphasic speech that is incomprehensible and filled with neologisms.

OBS

Wernicke aphasia [is defined as an] impairment in the comprehension of speech and meaning of words, both spoken and written, and of the meanings conveyed by their grammatical relationships in sentences. It is caused by lesions that primarily affect Wernicke's area, which lies in the posterior perisylvian region of the temporal lobe of the dominant hemisphere.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

L'aphasie de Wernicke [...] est caractérisée par une production verbale riche en quantité, mais inintelligible (jargonaphasie), et par d'importants troubles de la compréhension. L'articulation est correcte. L'émission verbale reste aisée, voire même abondante, mais le langage est altéré, sans signification ou peu informatif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
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Record 6 2000-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
DEF

A test which assesses a person's comprehension of a written passage by means of questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

La terminologie employée dans les sources consultées diffère d'un auteur à l'autre. Il ne semble pas y avoir d'expression consacrée en anglais comme en français.

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
OBS

The tests evaluate three skills : oral interaction, written comprehension and written expression.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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