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Aphasia in Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias (ADOD): Evidence From Chinese

Year: 2020

Type: article

Abstract: Speech and language impairments (aphasia) are typical of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias (ADOD) and in some pathologies are diagnostic e.g. Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). One question concerns the reliability and validity of symptomatology across typologically different languages. A review of aphasia in ADOD across languages suggests a similar pattern of word comprehension, naming and word finding difficulties but also evidence of language specific features in symptomatology e.g. processing of tone in Chinese languages. Given differences in linguistic impairments across languages, it is recommended that screening for aphasia in community and epidemiological studies use a Short ScreeningTest (SST) that can be delivered across dialects and languages in indigenous languages and also multilingual populations.

Source: American Journal of Alzheimer s Disease & Other Dementias®

DOI: 10.1177/1533317520949708

Author: Brendan Stuart Hackett Weekes

Institutions: The University of Melbourne, University of Cambridge, University of Hong Kong

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,500