Discourse comprehension test performance of elders with dementia of the Alzheimer type

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1175-1187

  Welland, Richard J ^a   Lubinski, Rosemary ^b   Higginbotham, D Jeffery ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Discourse comprehension; Narrative comprehension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; MENTAL CAPACITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE; VIDEOTAPE; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 0036924668     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2002/095)     Document Type: Article

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