Hand Gestures: Perspectives and Preliminary Implications for Adults with Acquired Dysarthria

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 107-115

  Garcia, Jane Mertz ^a   Cannito, Michael P ^b   Dagenais, Paul A ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dysarthria; Gestures; Intelligibility; Nonverbal

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034380009     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360.0902.107     Document Type: Article

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