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Background and purpose: Communication difficulties are some of the most disturbing symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and other progressive degenerative dementias. There is limited evidence that some interventions may improve communication but a scale that would be easy to administer and include non-verbal communication is not available. This paper describes such a scale and its psychometric properties.
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