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IMPAIRMENT TEST [6 records]

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Record 1 2022-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

A trail making test is a neuropsychological test of visual attention and task switching. It consists of two parts in which the subject is instructed to connect a set of 25 dots as quickly as possible while still maintaining accuracy. [This] test can provide information about visual search speed, scanning, speed of processing, mental flexibility, as well as executive functioning. It is sensitive to detecting cognitive impairment associated with dementia, for example, Alzheimer's disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
DEF

Test psychométrique dans lequel le sujet doit relier graphiquement des nombres, ou des nombres et des lettres, selon un ordre déterminé.

OBS

Le test des tracés contribue à l'évaluation des fonctions exécutives et cognitives.

OBS

test des tracés; TDT : désignations et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 janvier 2020.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

A test for differentiating between hearing impairment of conductive or sensorineural origin. The stem of a vibrating tuning fork is placed on the vertex or midline of the forehead; if the sound is heard best in the affected ear, the impairment is probably of the conductive type; if heard best in the normal ear, the impairment is probably of the sensorineural type.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
DEF

Test auditif permettant de distinguer une surdité de transmission d'une surdité de perception à l'aide d'un diapason appuyé au milieu du front. Le son est mieux perçu du côté malade quand la lésion porte sur l'appareil de transmission (oreille moyenne); il se localise au contraire du côté sain, dans les altérations de l'oreille interne.

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

The impairment test involves deducting the fair value of the identified tangible and intangible assets from the fair value of the reporting unit. If the remainder is less than the carrying value of goodwill, an impairment charge is recorded in the operating expense section of the income statement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Comparaison de la juste valeur d'un actif avec sa valeur comptable dans le but d'établir s'il y a lieu de constater une perte de valeur correspondant à l'excédent de la valeur comptable de l'actif sur sa juste valeur.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Source(s) : R. c. Chaulk, [1990] 3 R.C.S. [Recueil des arrêts de la Cour suprême du Canada] 1303-1416; p.1388.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

Halstead-Reitan Battery. The Category test is regarded as one of the most sensitive measures of cerebral impairment(concise Encyclopedia of Psychology, 1987, page 485).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

Aucun équivalent français n'a été retrouvé dans la documentation.

Spanish

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Record 6 1979-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

The process of exploring and experimenting with the environment in order to discover the nature of things, people, and events, and the difference between reality and fantasy. Reality testing is a basic, essential process which begins in the early years of life when the child actively tries to find out what the world is like and what he can do with it.... Psychosis, particularly schizophrenia and paranoia, is sometimes defined as an impairment of reality testing. Loss of contact with reality means that the patient has ceased to test his ideas against the outer world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Processus postulé par Freud, permettant au sujet de distinguer les stimuli provenant du monde extérieur des stimuli internes, et de prévenir la confusion possible entre ce que le sujet perçoit et ce qu'il ne fait que se représenter, confusion qui serait au principe de l'hallucination.

Spanish

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