Clinical evaluation of the mini-mental state exam with culturally deaf senior citizens

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 753-760

  Dean, Pamela M ^a   Feldman, David M ^b   Morere, Donna ^a   Morton, Diane ^a  

^a GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARRY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American Sign Language; Deaf; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION;

EID: 72949085508     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acp077     Document Type: Article

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