Abstract

LASTRE MEZA, KARINA. Effects of a program language stimulation in older adults with normal communicative aging. Psicol. caribe [online]. 2019, vol.36, n.3, pp.377-399. ISSN 0123-417X.  https://doi.org/10.14482/psdc.36.3.400.1.

The present project sought in essence to determine the influence of a language stimulation program in the comprehensive and expressive processes of language, reading and writing of the older adults of Barrio Uribe in the city of Sincelejo, since the observations and experiences from the Practice showed the existence of marked deficiencies in the language, product perhaps of the little stimulation of this cognitive function. We performed a quantitative, quasi-experimental study with pre-test-posttest, with a study and control group in a sample of 16 patients selected according to inclusion and exclusion criteria. At first, the Boston test of the authors Goodglass and Kaplan (2005) was applied as initial evaluation, followed by the intervention program with a duration of 6 months, concluding with a postest of the same applied battery. The results of the research showed the presence of improvements in the comprehension processes, reading and writing after the implementation of the language stimulation program (semantic, syntactic, phonological and pragmatic level), reading and writing. Likewise, a statistically significant relationship was found between the variables comprehensive processes and reading in older adults with normal communicative aging.

Keywords : comprehension; reading and writing; language; aging; expression.

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