Abstract
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effects of speech rate and syntactic complexity on the auditory language comprehension of individuals with presumptive Alzheimer's disease, compared to healthy elderly controls. Three presentation rates and command statements of increasing syntactic complexity were used. Although rate of presentation did not significantly affect comprehension in either group, both groups demonstrated increased difficulty with stimuli of greater syntactic complexity, with Alzheimer's patients performing significantly poorer at all levels.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 151-161 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | Journal of Communication Disorders |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 1990 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Experimental and Cognitive Psychology
- Linguistics and Language
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- LPN and LVN
- Speech and Hearing
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Tomoeda, C. K., Bayles, K. A., Boone, D. R., Kaszniak, A. W., & Slauson, T. J. (1990). Speech rate and syntactic complexity effects on the auditory comprehension of alzheimer patients. Journal of Communication Disorders, 23(2), 151-161. https://doi.org/10.1016/0021-9924(90)90019-U