Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)

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Discourse Characteristics in Healthy Elderly: Effects of Aging, Gender and Educational Level

노년층의 담화 산출 특성: 노화, 성별, 교육정도에 따른 차이

  • Received : 2012.05.03
  • Accepted : 2012.06.19
  • Published : 2012.06.30
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Abstract

Discourse is regarded as an important component of communication assessment, but studies about the discourse characteristics of the elderly are scant. The purpose of this study was to confirm the effects of aging, gender, and educational level on discourse in elderly people with normal cognitive function. Forty normal elderly and forty young people participated in this study. A picture description task (Boston Cookie-Theft picture) was used to examine discourse function. The description task was analyzed for both productivity (total number of sentences, total number of syllables, and syllables per sentence) and semantics (CIU ratio). The results were as follows: 1) Only CIU ratio differed significantly according to age. 2) In the total number of syllables and syllables per sentence, females demonstrate a higher number than males. 3) The CIU ratio differed significantly according to educational level. These results suggest that impairment of communicative function is an aspect of cognitive impairment that can be related to aging. Also, discourse performance in the elderly is associated with their gender and educational level.

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