They also found that people who suffered from slight losses in verbal communication skills were more likely to become cognitively impaired. These were people whose language became less sophisticated and specific, and people who took longer to express the same thoughts than they previously did.
They also found that people who began to need hospitalization in emergency situations more frequently, were more likely to become cognitively impaired.
This study could be an important step in discovering how to diagnose Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, as early as possible.