Four groups of 10 patients, each group having a different neurogenic disorder of
communication, were tested for impairment in 10 language categories. Five categories …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Non-linguistic cognitive impairments may limit
rehabilitation efficacy in patients with aphasia. The aim of this study was to determine …

Abstract Language impairment was assessed in 33 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD),
in 52 patients with multi-infarct dementia (MID), and in 86 elderly community residents. The …

This paper presents the results of a study of syntactically based comprehension in aphasic
patients. We studied 42 patients with aphasia secondary to left hemisphere strokes and 25 …

A scrambled Story Test was given to four subgroups of aphasic patients and to one group
each of right-hemisphere-damaged patients and of normal controls. Subjects were asked to …

Abstract Language functioning in Alzheimer's disease is reviewed and the performance of
25 Alzheimer patients on a standard battery is reported. All these hospitalized patients were …

The effects of delayed presentation of a central theme on the comprehension and
interpretation of narratives were investigated in adults with right and left hemisphere brain …

The nature of aphasic impairment is reviewed from four viewpoints:(1) the construction of
behavioural classifications that predict the locus of brain damage;(2) the initial assessment …

A battery of linguistic communication (LC) tasks was administered to 152 Alzheimer's
disease patients in different stages of the disease and 60 normal elders. Subject …

• Although patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) generally have impairments in multiple
areas of cognitive function, there are those patients who appear to have neuropsychological …