Assessment of syntax after adolescent brain injury: Effects of memory on test performance

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 137-149

  Turkstra, Lyn S ^a,b   Holland, Audrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Brain; Injury; Language; Memory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INJURY SCALE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MEMORY;

EID: 0031915867     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4101.137     Document Type: Article

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