Older Adults

question 42

Multiple Choice

Older adults

• A) tend to speak more quickly than they did in their younger years.
• B) resolve tip-of-the-tongue states at a lower rate than do younger people.
• C) use more sentences, but shorter ones, to convey their message.
• D) have few compensatory techniques for their language production issues.

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