Impact of Cognition on Speech Performance in Elderly Population
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2016, Vol 3, Issue 4
Abstract
India is presently witnessing rapid ageing of its population. This study tried to explore the nature and extent of communication problems associated with memory impairment due to ageing, which will further bring a new sight to Speech Language Pathologist to implicate in assessment and intervention towards ageing associated problems. Aim of the study was to study the cognition in relation to ageing process, to study the communication in relation to ageing process and to study the cognition and communication in relation to gender. Subjects were selected in two groups with age range of 35 – 40 years (15 males 15 females) and 30 subjects with age range of 65 years and above (15 males 15 females). Mini Mental Status Examination , Stroop test, Discourse Ability Profile were administered on each subject. Results showed that adults had consistently higher mean scores than the elderly. So it is concluded that the cognitive declination in old age may be due to reduction in processing capacity, understanding text, paying attention. Gender differences were seen for processing speed i.e. better response in Female in both groups.
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Sushant G. Gupta, Mansi M. Doshi
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