Effects of Computerized Language Intervention on Abilities of Time-Person-Place Orientation and Naming for Individuals with Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
- Authors
- Kang, Ji Yun; Sung, Jee Eun; Lee, Soo Eun
- Issue Date
- Jun-2015
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY & AUDIOLOGY
- Keywords
- Computerized language intervention (CLI); Orientation treatment; Naming treatment; Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA)-plus; Dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT)
- Citation
- COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS-CSD, v.20, no.2, pp 237 - 254
- Pages
- 18
- Journal Title
- COMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS-CSD
- Volume
- 20
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- 237
- End Page
- 254
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/64552
- DOI
- 10.12963/csd.15225
- ISSN
- 2288-1328
2288-0917
- Abstract
- Objectives: The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of computerized language intervention on the abilities of time-person-place (TPP) orientation and noun naming for Korean-speaking individuals with moderate to severe dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT). Methods: A total of seven individuals with moderate to severe DAT participated in the study, and six participants were entered into the data analysis. The treatment consisted of two parts: TPP orientation and naming treatment based on Semantic Feature Analysis (SFA)-plus. Dependent measures were accuracy on the TPP, noun naming, and noun comprehension tasks with treated and untreated items. Performance on the tasks was measured pre- and post-treatment, with the Wilcoxon signed-rank test used to examine significant differences. Results: Results revealed that there was a significant increase in person and place tasks after treatment, whereas there were no significant differences in time-domain. Significant increases in the trained nouns for naming were found whereas treatment effects were not generalized to untrained naming items and noun comprehension domains. Conclusion: The current study suggests that moderate to severe DAT participants benefited from language intervention especially in the domains of place-person orientation and noun naming. However, there were some limited generalization effects on untrained items after treatment.
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