Confrontation Naming Errors of Alzheimer’s Disease Patients
Journal Title: Online Journal of Neurology and Brain Disorders - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 4
Abstract
This study investigated confrontation naming errors of Alzheimer’s disease patients. Clinicians lack a validated test battery for differentiating the communication disorders of patients with AD from either normal elderly or patients with aphasia [1,3]. The communication of AD patients is often assessed with one of the standardized test batteries for aphasia. This was done because of the marked discrepancy between language and other cognitive functions. A linguistic measure involving errors in confrontation naming was used to establish the extent of linguistic impairment of AD patients. A total of ten photographs were shown to twenty AD patients, (ten mild and ten moderate) and ten normal elderly. The results showed that naming errors increased as the disease progressed. The study concluded that the number of naming errors of AD patients increased as the severity of the disease progressed. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is one of the most common and dreaded diseases afflicting the elderly community of all ethnic races. It does not discriminate, nor is it only found in certain age groups. AD affects all social, ethnic, racial, economic groups around the world. AD is no longer an old age problem. AD was first described by Alois Alzheimer in 1906 as a presenile dementia. AD is characteristics by a wide range of clinical disorders. Approximately 5.4 million Americans now have AD with a projected increase to 16 million by 2050 [2]. About one in every three seniors dies of AD or another dementia. AD kills more than breast and prostate cancer combined [2].
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Stephen C Enwefa, Regina Enwefa
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- EP ID EP594643
- DOI 10.32474/OJNBD.2018.01.000117
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