A Screening Instrument for Language in Older People (Barnes Language Assessment)
| Autor: | Sue Stevens, Caroline Dann, Victoria Ramsey, Karen Bryan, Julia Binder, Elaine Funnell |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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Gerontology
Linguistics and Language Psychometrics Writing media_common.quotation_subject Language and Linguistics Speech and Hearing Cognition Memory Language assessment Reading (process) medicine Humans Language disorder Cognitive skill Aged media_common Aged 80 and over Language Tests medicine.diagnostic_test Neuropsychological test Middle Aged medicine.disease Reading Psychology On Language |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders. 36:188-193 |
| ISSN: | 1460-6984 1368-2822 |
| Popis: | This paper describes the development of a clinically viable tool for the assessment of language and associated cognitive skills in the older population which was instigated by the SIG Psychiatry of Old Age (South of England). A series of sub-tests is described. Data from normal older people is used to establish preliminary means and lower normal limits as a guide to distinguishing performance associated with normal age-related change from performance associated with pathology. The importance of allowing for the effects of normal age-related changes on language processing is illustrated. Data from older people with pathology attending clinics and hospital departments is also presented. Quantitative and qualitative language profiling is outlined. Data analysis suggests that the Barnes Language Assessment is able to profile language skills and difficulties. Indications for further research are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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