Advisor

Joan McMahon

Date of Award

1989

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (M.S.) in Speech and Hearing Sciences

Department

Speech Communication

Physical Description

1 online resource (81 p.)

Subjects

Reading comprehension in old age, Alzheimer's disease

DOI

10.15760/etd.5795

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reading comprehension abilities of those with mild and moderate dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) and compare their performance to that of a sample of non-demented elderly. Thirty-eight male subjects were used, 20 non-demented elderly, nine mild DAT and nine moderate DAT. All were administered level B of the NRST. This test contains questions requiring three levels of inference: literal, translational, and high-level inference.

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http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21972

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