Powell A L, Cummings J L, Hill M A, Benson D F
Neurobehavior Unit, West LA VAMC (Brentwood Division), CA 90073.
Neurology. 1988 May;38(5):717-9. doi: 10.1212/wnl.38.5.717.
Speech and language functions were assessed in 18 patients with multi-infarct dementia (MID) and 14 with dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT). The age range and dementia severity of the two groups were comparable. We used a speech and language battery assessing 37 elements of verbal output to characterize alterations in the patients. MID patients had more abnormalities of motor aspects of speech, whereas DAT patients had empty speech, more marked anomia, and relative sparing of motor speech functions. The results demonstrate that speech and language differ in MID and DAT. In addition, MID patients exhibited common clinical features despite the heterogeneity of the syndrome.
对18例多发梗死性痴呆（MID）患者和14例阿尔茨海默型痴呆（DAT）患者的言语和语言功能进行了评估。两组的年龄范围和痴呆严重程度相当。我们使用了一套言语和语言测试组合，评估了言语输出的37个要素，以描述患者的改变情况。MID患者在言语运动方面有更多异常，而DAT患者则存在言语空洞、更明显的命名障碍，以及运动言语功能相对保留。结果表明，MID和DAT患者的言语和语言情况有所不同。此外，尽管该综合征存在异质性，但MID患者表现出一些共同的临床特征。
