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Selective Attention Deficits Associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Stage Alzheimer's Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome
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Krinsky-McHale, Sharon J.; Devenny, Darlynne A.; Kittler, Phyllis; Silverman, Wayne – American Journal on Mental Retardation, 2008
Adults with Down syndrome and early stage Alzheimer's disease showed decline in their ability to selectively attend to stimuli in a multitrial cancellation task. They also showed variability in their performance over the test trials, whereas healthy participants showed stability. These changes in performance were observed approximately 2 years…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Dementia, Attention Span, Down Syndrome
Initial Validity and Reliability of the SCCAN: Using Tailored Testing to Assess Adult Cognition and Communication
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Milman, Lisa H.; Holland, Audrey; Kaszniak, Alfred W.; D'Agostino, Jerry; Garrett, Merrill; Rapcsak, Steve – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2008
Purpose: The Scales of Cognitive and Communicative Ability for Neurorehabilitation (SCCAN; L. Milman & A. Holland, 2007) was developed in the hospital setting to address changes in assessment practice. The SCCAN was designed to provide an overview of impairment and activity limitations across 8 cognitive scales (Speech Comprehension, Oral…
Descriptors: Speech Communication, Alzheimers Disease, Adaptive Testing, Construct Validity
Memory Impairments Underlying Language Difficulties in Dementia.
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Azuma, Tamiko; Bayles, Kathryn A. – Topics in Language Disorders, 1997
The memory deficits associated with the dementia syndromes of Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and Lewy body disease are outlined and related to the language impairments that have been observed in patients with these disorders. Assessment techniques are described, including commonly used individual tests and test batteries that assess memory and…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Disability Identification, Evaluation Methods, Language Impairments
Assessment of Alzheimer's Patients with the BNI Screen for Higher Cerebral Functions.
Prigatano, George P.; Smason, Ivan – BNI Quarterly, 1994
Assessing higher cerebral functions in patients with known or suspected dementia requires sampling numerous abilities quickly and accurately. This paper reports on the performance of 20 patients with probable dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT) on the BNI Screen for Higher Cerebral Functions (BNI Screen). These patients' performances were…
Descriptors: Alzheimers Disease, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests
Assessment of Aging Individuals with Down Syndrome in Clinical Trials: Results of Baseline Measures
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Sano, Mary; Aisen, Paul S.; Dalton, Arthur J.; Andrews, Howard F.; Tsai, Wei-Yann – Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 2005
A major challenge to developing therapeutic interventions for cognitive loss and dementia in aging individuals with Down syndrome (DS) is the selection of appropriate outcome measures. This report describes the adaptation of the Brief Praxis Test (a nonverbal cognitive test) as a primary outcome measure, as well as the selection of secondary…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Alzheimers Disease, Dementia, Down Syndrome