Effect of Aging on Verbal Fluency in Malayalam Speakers |
Author(s): |
| Reshma K Joy , Naseema Institute of Speech and Hearing; Dr.Reeny Roy, Naseema Institute of Speech and Hearing |
Keywords: |
| Aging; Verbal Fluency; Gender; Cognition; Word Memory Test |
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The present study aimed to find the effect of ageing and gender on verbal fluency in Malayalam speak-ers. A total of 90 participants from three age groups including (20-30, 60-75,>75) years were taken for the study. Each group consist of cognitively unimpaired 15 males and 15 females. Subjects were administered with Semantic and phonemic verbal fluency test .Each subject was asked to produce as many words as possible within 1 minute time period for the given tasks. Verbal mental tracking test were also per-formed with word memory test by asking the sub-jects to recall the list of given 10 words within 1 minute regardless of order. Result of the study showed significant differences between age groups for all the given task. Study didn’t found any gender significance. Study concludes that verbal fluency scores decreases as the age increases. |
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Paper ID: IJSRDV9I80033 Published in: Volume : 9, Issue : 8 Publication Date: 01/11/2021 Page(s): 35-40 |
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