Achieving conversational success in aphasia by focusing on non-linguistic cognitive skills: A potentially promising new approach

Aphasiology

Volumn 19, Issue 10-11, 2005, Pages 1066-1073

  Ramsberger, Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DISTURBANCE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVERSATION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PHYSICIAN; REVIEW; SKILL; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 30644475281     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030544000254     Document Type: Review

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