Discourse behaviors in older adults

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 143-156

  Shadden, Barbara B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment issues; Validity issues; Variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SEMANTICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031132072     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1064069     Document Type: Article

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