Facilitating Conversation in Elderly Persons with Alzheimer's Disease

摘要: Abstract Deterioration of verbal abilities is among the most debilitating consequences Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent research suggests that common responses conversational partners may contribute to excess deficits in persons with AD they function punish behavior. The purpose this study was systematically evaluate two types listener repair responses, indirect and direct repairs, on speech older adults AD. In an repair, paraphrases person a response, interjects corrective feedback. Three men diagnosed participated study. A female confederate trained responses. An ABAC single subject design used effects amount, duration, fluency participants during videotaped conversations confederate. results indicate the...