Speech/Language Comprehension in the Context of Language Difficulties in Persons with Neurocognitive Disorders

The article aims to highlight language difficulties and, more specifically, speech/ language comprehension difficulties in persons with some neurocognitive disorders. People with Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis struggle with cognitive impairment, in-cluding language difficulties. The latter can be manifested in phonology, semantics, morphology, syntax and/or pragmatics. All of these are included within a com-prehensive process of speech/language comprehension. Its disruption can have an impact on the individual’s daily activities as well as on the quality of life. Therefore, it is necessary also to focus on speech/ language comprehension as part of the cognitive and language assessment.