'Pure word deafness': Implications for assessment and management in communication disorder - A report of two cases

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1106-1109

  Wee, Joy ^a,b,c   Menard, Michael R ^b  

^a Holy Family Hospital   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGNOSIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COGNITION; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0032841485     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-9993(99)90069-2     Document Type: Article

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