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Boston Naming Test:: Normative data for older Australians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2012

Olivier Piguet ,
Joanne L. Millar ,
Hayley P. Bennett ,
Tanya C. Lye ,
Helen Creasey  and
G. Anthony Broe
Olivier Piguet*
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Australia. [email protected]
Joanne L. Millar
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital, Australia.
Hayley P. Bennett
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Australia.
Tanya C. Lye
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital, Australia.
Helen Creasey
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital, Australia.
G. Anthony Broe
Affiliation:
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing at Concord Hospital and Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Australia.
*
*Address correspondence to Olivier Piguet, Centre for Education and Research on Ageing, Concord Hospital C25, Concord, NSW 2139, Australia.
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Abstract

Individuals aged over 80 years represent the fastest growing segment of the population. It is becoming increasingly important to investigate the effect of age on cognitive functions such as language, in order to document “normal” and “abnormal” functioning. A task commonly used to test naming ability in clinical practice is the Boston Naming Test (BNT). Although norms exist for this age group, they may have limited applications because of small sample sizes on which they were derived. In addition, this test uses stimulus items that have been shown to be culturally specific. This study presents normative data for the BNT for two levels of education and two age bands based on a randomly selected Australian sample of older adults between the age of 81 and 94 years. Frequencies of the most common error types made in this group of nondemented individuals are also reported.

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Brain Impairment , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , 01 December 2001 , pp. 131 - 139
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2001

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