Dementia and Identification of Words and Sentences Produced by Native and Nonnative English Speakers

Abstract

The accurate identification of 30 words and 15 sentences spoken by native English, Taiwanese, and Spanish speakers was compared for 16 persons with and 16 persons without dementia. Statistically significant differences for words and sentences occurred between groups of listeners.

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