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Alantie, Sonja; Tyrkkö, Jukka; Makkonen, Tanja; Renvall, Kati – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2022
Purpose: This study reports on how very old (VO) Finnish people without dementia perform in the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB) and two verbal fluency tasks and which demographic factors predict the performance. Method: The study included fifty 80- to 100-year-old community-dwelling Finnish speakers with no dementing illnesses or speech-language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Older Adults, Finno Ugric Languages, Aphasia
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Maatta, Tuomo; Kaski, Markus; Taanila, Anja; Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi, Sirkka; Iivanainen, Matti – Down Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
The relationship between poor health and cognitive impairment is not fully understood yet. People with Down syndrome are prone to a number of health problems, including congenital heart defect, visual impairment, hearing loss, autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, early-onset Alzheimer's disease and intellectual disability. Our aim was to assess the…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Mental Retardation, Alzheimers Disease, Dental Health