Connected speech features in non-English speakers with Alzheimer's disease: protocol for scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A large body of literature indicates that connected speech profiles in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) can be utilized for diagnosis, disease monitoring, and for developing communication strategies for patients. Most connected speech research has been conducted in English, with little work in some European languages. Therefore, significant drawback remains with respect to the diversity of languages studied, and how the fragmentation of linguistic features differs across languages in AD. Accordingly, existing reviews on connected speech in AD have focused on findings from English-speaking patients; none have specifically focused on the linguistic diversity of AD populations. This scoping review is undertaken to provide the currently reported characteristics of conn

SUBMITTER: Bose A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809489 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature