Contextual influences on auditory comprehension of reversible passive sentences in aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-251

  Cannito, M P ^a   Hough, M ^b   Vogel, D ^c   Pierce, R S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VA Sierra Nevada Health Care System   (United States)

^d KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; MALE; OBJECT RELATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMANTICS;

EID: 0029916073     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687039608248410     Document Type: Article

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