This article discusses the potential of three assessments of language function in the
diagnosis of Alzheimer-type dementia (DAT). A total of 115 patients (mean age 65.9 years) …

Objective: To ascertain the clinical utility of language examination by psychiatrists in
evaluating Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients. Method: Data collected between 1986 and …

Spontaneous, conversational speech in probable dementia of Alzheimer type (DAT)
participants and healthy older controls was analysed using eight linguistic measures. These …

The objective was to collect normative data for a simple and a complex version of a picture
description task devised to assess spontaneous speech and writing skills in patients with …

Although distinctive patterns of language impairment have been identified in Alzheimer's
Disease (AD) patients, few studies have been conducted to identify the errors that …

The speech characteristics on a standardized picture description task of 26 subjects with
presumed senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) and 13 subjects with stroke-related …

We report on the spoken language of 48 patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type
(DAT) who were divided into three approximately equal subgroups on the basis of the Mini …

This paper describes a technique for quantifying the degree of speech deficits in probable
dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT). The technique involves interviewing individuals with …

Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia, is a neurodegenerative process that
diminishes one's ability to communicate. Two widely used measures of quantifying dementia …

More than two million elderly Americans suffer from senile dementia, an age-related disease
affecting memory, intellect, and communication. The purpose of this study was to explore the …