Waving not drowning: Utilising gesture in the treatment of aphasia

Advances in Speech Language Pathology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 115-119

  Power, Emma ^a   Code, Chris ^a,b  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Action; Aphasia; Apraxia; Gesture; Language

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646416213     PISSN: 14417049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040600667418     Document Type: Note

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