Sponsor
Portland State University. Department of Speech Communication
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.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/21972
Recommended Citation
Graville, Donna Jensen, "Reading comprehension in dementia of the Alzheimer's type : factual versus inferential" (1989). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3911.
https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds/3911
10.15760/etd.5795
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