Why should you use the T.O.V.A. in your practice?
Objective Measures
A clinical interview and behavior ratings can tell us about a person’s history and behavior, but they don’t reveal the attentional functioning of a person.
Knowing that someone struggles in class, at work, or in relationships doesn’t explain the challenges they face with maintaining attention and inhibitory control. Clinical interviews, behavior ratings, and the T.O.V.A. are separate, essential parts of an assessment or an evaluation of treatment effects.
Individualized Results
Two people can meet the exact same criteria for ADHD and their attention may function very differently. The T.O.V.A. provides an individualized picture of performance over a sufficiently long task, giving clinicians information that targets not only the broad category of behavioral symptoms but also targets focus, vigilance, and inhibitory control in low and high arousal conditions.
The T.O.V.A. and T.O.V.A. Observation Form provide necessary information that helps identify the underlying reasons for attention and behavior related challenges. They help complete the picture for assessment and evaluation of treatment response.
Who Uses the T.O.V.A.?
The T.O.V.A. is for use by qualified healthcare professionals, researchers, and clinical trials.
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Assessment
Proven accuracy: The T.O.V.A. correctly identified 87% of non-ADHD and 90% of ADHD subjects (discriminant analysis). No test, including the T.O.V.A., can diagnose A.D.H.D.
Evaluate treatment
Informed decisions: The T.O.V.A. aids in in the evaluation of treatment by providing objective measures that can inform clinical decision making
Monitor attention and treatment over time
People change: The T.O.V.A. allows you to observe variations in attention and inhibitory control due to changes in treatment, illness, aging, and life events.
Assess neurological disorders and injuries
Not just ADHD: The T.O.V.A. assists in identifying attention deficits from other causes such as traumatic brain injury (TBI), sleep disorders, trauma, and other sources.
Conduct research
An objective tool: The T.O.V.A. is a well established, widely cited research tool used to study both normal and abnormal conditions.
Unmatched Capabilities
- Language and culture-free
- ± 1 ms timing accuracy (includes photodiode to calibrate variable LCD monitors)
- Embedded Performance Validity for persons 17 and older
- 21.6 minutes long to measure vigilance
- 10.8 minutes for 4 and 5-year-olds
- Visual test normed by gender for ages 4 to 80+
- Auditory test normed by gender for ages 6 to 29
- Multimedia test instructions
- Immediately available easy-to-read report
- Tests interpreted and stored on your computer (no network access is required)
- Windows and Mac compatible
Scientific Backing
You can download a listing of over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles on or about using the T.O.V.A. Plus many more conference papers, theses, dissertations, and more… over 400 in total!
Scientific Backing
You can download a listing of over 300 peer-reviewed journal articles (and many more conference papers, theses, dissertations, and more… over 400 in total!) on or using the T.O.V.A.
“Not only does T.O.V.A. provide an objective means of diagnosing ADHD (especially when hyperactivity is not present) and monitoring medication response, but it is valuable in assessing attentional functions in a wide range of neurological disorders that may have attentional and arousal abnormalities.”
Elsa G. Shapiro, Ph.D., L.P.
Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology
Director of Pediatric Neuropsychology
Division of Pediatric Clinical Neuroscience
University of Minnesota Medical School
Stellar Compliance
The TOVA Company is a medical device manufacturer that is certified under ISO 13485:2016 and the Medical Device Single Audit Program (MDSAP). We are FDA Cleared, licensed as a Class 1 Medical Device by Health Canada, the European Union, and the Australian Government’s Therapeutic Goods Administration.
