Comprehension and storage of sequentially presented radio news items by healthy elderly

Bonini, Milena Vaz

doi:10.1590/s1980-57642009dn30200009

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“…Difficulties related to the coordination of concurrent processes in complex linguistic activities, temporary information storage and oversight of these activities have been mentioned as determinants in misunderstandings. 2,27 Other studies show significant association between oral speech comprehension outcome with sociodemographic variables: age, educational level and literacy; with the variables of health conditions: hypertension diagnosis, cognitive and mental state; and social relations in self-assessment of comprehension in conversations. 7,28,29 Data from this study revealed a prevalence of 10.69% of self-reported difficulty in oral comprehension.…”

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Characterization of self-reported communication disorders in elderly women living in Manaus, state of Amazonas, Brazil

Crispim

Ferreira

Silva

et al. 2014

Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

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Objectives: Characterize self-reported communication disorders highlighting the association between variables of health conditions, socio-demographic factors, lifestyle, hearing loss and diseases in an elderly group. Methods: Cross-sectional study conducted from August to December 2012, with 159 women aged 60 or more, recruited at UnATI/UEA (University of the Third Age, University of the State of Amazonas), Manaus, Amazonas State, Brazil. The subjects were interviewed and asked for selfreported communications disorders. Descriptive analysis was performed using central tendency and dispersion measures for continuous variables and frequency distributions for categorical variables and the prevalence of self-reported language disorders was estimated. To verify the presence of statistically significant differences it was used χ 2 , considering the significance level of 5% (p≤0.05). Results: Communication disorders were reported by 8.18% of elderly women. The following deficits were reported: intelligibility (6.92%), oral comprehension (10.69%), lexical access (10.69%), and recent memory (38.36%). Reading and writing difficulties were informed by 5.66% and 6.92%, respectively. Among the illiterate group, 20% declared communication disorders, while the literate group, 8.44%. Statistical association was verified between communication disorders and self-reported hearing loss (p=0.03). Association was not detected between communication disorders and diseases. Conclusions: Considering the diversity of communication disorders within this population, further studies are needed to assess if changes occur at the aging process and how they work so that possibilities for prevention can be discussed.

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