Cognitive Assessment of Adults with Acquired Language Disabilities - Wadle, Cherie L. (My University, 1978)
The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between the cognitive and linguistic abilities of the post-morbid language disabled adult, and the implications for assessment and therapy if a relationship exists. The present study will attempt to discover the extent to which the communication ability of the language disabled adult mirrors his/her underlying cognitive abilities. Is cognition a profitable area to tap for information regarding language reacquisition? To answer this question, a battery of cognitive tasks has been assembled and administered to a group of language disabled adults in addition to a standardized test of aphasia. The tasks vary in difficulty through Piaget's (1973) developmental stages of preoperations, concrete operations, and formal operations. Since the tasks were taken from child research, no norms are available for adult performance on them. Therefore, the results will be presented descriptively.