Effect of an unfamiliar accent on the repetition ability of normal elders and individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 223-230

  Mahendra, Nidhi ^a   Bayles, Kathryn A ^a   Tomoeda, Cheryl K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 0032823317     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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