Affiliation: OHSU Neurology
Funding Period: 2009 - 2009
Funding Source: NIA
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We will examine whether frequent conversations could improve thinking abilities among the elderly. Before we start a large study on this issue, we will conduct one feasibility study. We want to find out how long the elderly (age 75 and older) talk on average during one week. We will use a conversation recording device (a small wearable sound recorder) to monitor the duration of talking for one week. The device will be activated each time when the participant is talking and record “starting time” and “ending time” of each talk. We will extract the total duration of talking time for one week period.