Intervention of the communicative ability in persons with mental retardation

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-36

  Brodin, Jane ^a   Thurfjell, Fredrik ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

augmentative and alternative communication (AAC); communicative assessment; intervention; mental retardation; telecommunication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004802692     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14015439609099200     Document Type: Article

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