The utility of arm and hand gestures in the treatment of aphasia

Advances in Speech Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-109

  Rose, Miranda L ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphasia treatment; Gesture; Limb apraxia; Speech gesture model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646388295     PISSN: 14417049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040600657948     Document Type: Review

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