Sufficient
information to identify neglect may be obtained during the prior
testing. If the patient has a severe visual loss preventing visual
double simultaneous stimulation, and the cutaneous stimuli are
normal, the score is normal. If the patient has aphasia but does
appear to attend to both sides, the score is normal. The presence of
visual spatial neglect or anosagnosia may also be taken as evidence
of abnormality. Since the abnormality is scored only if present, the
item is never untestable.