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| Spontaneous speech of patients with dementia of the Alzheimer type and mild cognitive impairment | | Author(s) | Tom Bschor, Klaus-Peter Kühl, Friedel M Reischies |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 13, no 3, September 2001 |
| Pages | pp 289-298 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Communication skills ; Dementia ; Cognitive impairment ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Results of a picture naming task (Boston Cookie-Theft picture), the Boston Naming Test, and a semantic and phonemic word fluency measure were compared with those of clinical diagnosis, including the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), as assessments of language function in the diagnosis of Alzheimer-type dementia (DAT). Hypotheses were that the complex task of picture description could more readily identify language disturbances than specific language tests; and that examination of spontaneous speech could help identify patients with even mild forms of DAT. In the picture description task, all diagnostic groups (from mild to severe cognitive impairment) produced an equal number of words. However, those with mild or moderate to severe DAT described significantly fewer objects, persons, actions, features and localities than those without or with mild cognitive impairment. The Boston Naming Task and both fluency measures were superior to the picture description task in differentiating the diagnostic groups. In sum, both hypotheses had to be rejected. Results confirm that DAT patients have distinct semantic speech disturbances, whereas they are not impaired in the amount of produced speech. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020215201 A |
| Classmark | DA: UO: EA: E4: 4C |
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