Comparison of language impairment, functional communication, and discourse measures in African-American aphasic and normal adults

Aphasiology

Volumn 15, Issue 10-11, 2001, Pages 1007-1016

  Ulatowska, Hanna K ^a   Olness, Gloria S ^a   Wertz, Robert T ^b   Thompson, Jennifer L ^a   Keebler, Molly W ^c   Hill, Casaundra L ^a   Auther, Linda L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; NEGRO; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SKILL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035168370     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687040143000357     Document Type: Article

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