Open AccessNaming in Older Adults: Complementary Auditory and Visual Assessment
Author(s) -
Marla J. Hamberger,
Nahal Heydari,
Elise Caccappolo,
William T. Seidel
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of the international neuropsychological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.074
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1469-7661
pISSN - 1355-6177
DOI - 10.1017/s1355617721000552
Subject(s) - psychology , normative , neurotypical , boston naming test , audiology , neurocognitive , cognitive psychology , test (biology) , developmental psychology , cognition , neuropsychology , medicine , autism , neuroscience , autism spectrum disorder , philosophy , paleontology , epistemology , biology
Naming difficulty is a common symptom of multiple age-related neurodegenerative disorders. As naming difficulty increases with age, valid, up-to-date naming assessment tools are crucial for differentiating between neurotypical changes in healthy aging and pathological naming difficulty. We aimed to develop and provide normative data for complementary auditory description naming and visual naming tests for older adults. Furthermore, these measures would include not only untimed accuracy, typically the sole naming performance measure, but also additional scores that incorporate features characteristic of actual word finding difficulty.