Discourse Informativeness in Alzheimer's Disease and Mild Cognitive ImpairmentMiscellaneous

Viktória Čiernik Kevická, Petra Brandoburová, Jana Marková

Listy klinické logopedie 2024, 8(1):4-10 | DOI: 10.36833/lkl.2024.001621  

In recent years, the assessment of the language abilities of persons with cognitive deficits has focused on discourse assessment. Specifically, the assessment of informativeness proves to be an effective diagnostic tool. This is an evaluation that combines a structuralist and functionalist approach to discourse analysis. The aim of this study is to evaluate discourse informativeness of persons with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The research sample consists of 25 persons with AD, 25 persons with MCI and 25 healthy controls. Discourse samples are elicited using picture description. Main concept analysis is used to evaluate...