OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of @entity1 with @entity195 to produce, repeat, and comprehend affective prosody in relationship to severity of @entity303 , @entity51 , and changes in emotional behaviors. METHODS: An Aprosodia Battery was used to assess affective-prosodic performance and to identify patterns of deficits in affective communication. In addition, the presence and severity of @entity146 , @entity308 , and @entity2026 were assessed using standardized assessment tools. RESULTS: @entity1 with @entity195 had significant impairments in their ability to repeat, comprehend, and discriminate affective aspects of speech, but maintained normal spontaneous affective-prosodic performances. As @entity303 severity increased, performance on the comprehension tasks and, to a lesser degree, on the repetition tasks became more impaired; spontaneous affective prosody remained normal. In the current study, affective-prosodic comprehension impairments were present in @entity1 with all stages of @entity195 ; comparable @entity51 were not observed until @entity1 were severely demented. The majority of aphasic @entity51 without @entity393 . @entity1 with @entity195 with sensory aprosodia had increased frequency and severity of behavioral changes whereas @entity1 with @entity195 with normal affective-prosodic performance were significantly less demented, had normal linguistic ability, and displayed fewer aberrant @entity146 behaviors. CONCLUSION: @entity1 with mild @entity195 are at considerable risk for @entity1316 . As @entity1 become more @entity245 , they are at greater risk for disturbances in behavior and mood.

Impaired affective prosody in @entity195 : relationship to aphasic XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'aberrant behaviors'] @entity303 :: ('MESH:D003704', 'Disease') :: ['dementia'] @entity245 :: ('MESH:D002658', 'Disease') :: ['demented and develop sensory aprosodia'] @entity51 :: ('MESH:D009461', 'Disease') :: ['deficits involved anomia', 'aphasic deficits'] @entity2026 :: ('MESH:D001037', 'Disease') :: ['aphasia'] @entity1316 :: ('MESH:D019964', 'Disease') :: ['affective-prosodic comprehension deficits'] @entity195 :: ('MESH:D000544', 'Disease') :: ['AD'] @entity393 :: ('MESH:D034381', 'Disease') :: ['loss of comprehension']
@entity146 :: (MESH:D001523,Disease) :: ['deficits and emotional behaviors']
