Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
First Advisor
Lynn Fox
Term of Graduation
Spring 2001
Date of Publication
6-5-2001
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech Communication: Speech and Hearing Sciences
Department
Speech Communication
Language
English
Subjects
Anomia, Cognition disorders in old age, Dementia
Physical Description
1 online resource (v, 68 pages)
Abstract
Thirty-nine expository discourse samples were elicited from optimally healthy young-old (65-75 years old) and old-old (85-100 years old) adults in 19990 as part of the longitudinal Oregon Brian Aging Study (OBAS). These samples were analyzed in this study for naming errors.
The purposes of this study were to determine if the ability to name is affected by age, and to determine if naming errors produced by optimally healthy adults correlated with a future diagnosis of dementia. This study attempted to answer the following questions: 1) which age group made the most naming? and 2) which cognitive status group made the most naming errors?
The participants were divided into two groups according to age: those who were 65-75 years at the time of admission into the OBAS, and those who were 85-100 years old. The mean percentage of naming errors was compared between the two age groups in order to determine which age group had the highest percentage of errors. Using subsequently collected cognitive status data from the OBAS, comparisons between the occurrence of naming errors and the future diagnosis of dementia was examined. Results did not reveal a statistically significant difference at the .05 level in the percentage of naming errors produced between the two age groups or the two groups with different cognitive status.
Rights
In Copyright. URI: http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Recommended Citation
Leasure, Connie Marie, "The Relationship of Naming Errors to the Future Diagnosis of Dementia in Optimally Healthy Young-Old and Oldest-Old Adults" (2001). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 7232.