P4‐247: Longitudinal analysis of electronic messages to characterize language decline in ftd‐als

Language in individuals with left hemisphere tumors: Is spontaneous speech analysis comparable to formal testing?

“…Hickin, Howard, Osborne, & Best, 2008;Kasl & Mahl, 1965;Rochon, Saffran, Berndt, & Schwartz, 2000;Rossi & Bastiaanse, 2008;Van Lancker Sidtis & Postman, 2006;Vermeulen, Bastiaanse, & Van Wageningen, 1989;Wagenaar, Snow, & Prins, 1975;Wingfield, 1996;Yorkston & Beukelman, 1980). Some of the variables discussed in these studies have been revisited in descriptions of the spontaneous speech of people with different neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and different types of primary progressive aphasia (e.g., Colman et al, 2009;Fraser, Rudzicz, Graham, & Rochon, 2013;Garrard, Rentoumi, Gesierich, Miller, & Gorno-Tempini, 2014;Kansal, Abraham, & Onyike, 2015;Wilson et al, 2010).…”