Nonstandardized assessment approaches for individuals with traumatic brain injuries

Seminars in Speech and Language

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 223-241

  Coelho, Carl ^a   Ylvisaker, Mark ^b   Turkstra, Lyn S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b The College of Saint Rose   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognition; Communication; Discourse; Functional; Nonstandardized; Pragmatics; Social cognition; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

BRAIN INJURY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; STANDARDIZATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

APHASIA; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 28644443364     PISSN: 07340478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922102     Document Type: Review

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