Spoken discourse is regarded as an important component of communication assessment,
but data on the discourse characteristics of the adult population, and in particular those who …

This investigation examined how age and test condition affect one's ability to comprehend
discourse passages, and determined whether age and test condition affect discourse …

Thirty-three elderly women, whose mean age was 76.2 years, and eighteen middle-aged
women, whose mean age was 45.6 years, were assessed on a number of linguistic …

Correct information unit (CIU) and main event analyses are quantitative measures for
analyzing discourse of individuals with aphasia. Comparative data from healthy younger …

Background: Evaluation of discourse is recognised as an important component in the
diagnosis and management of adult acquired communication disorders. Picture description …

In order to evaluate discourse parameters of patients with brain damage, one requires data
on normal discourse behavior. Yet there is very little literature on the discourse …

Language changes that occur in association with the normal aging process are considered
worthy objects of study for two major reasons. First, they are intrinsically interesting for what …

The notion of" text" is central to many neuropsychological studies attempting to understand
discourse processing either in normal populations or in particular groups of neurologically …

The present study investigated discourse (connected speech) rates and utterance rates in a
group of normal-speaking subjects. Sample sizes of about 100 words (140 syllables), 120 …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by impairments in memory and other cognitive
functions such as language, which can be affected in all aspects including discourse. A …