Treatment guidelines for acquired apraxia of speech: A synthesis and evaluation of the evidence

Journal of Medical Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Wambaugh, Julie L ^a,f   Duffy, Joseph R ^b   McNeil, Malcolm R ^c   Robin, Donald A ^d   Rogers, Margaret A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f 151A Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICULATORY KINEMATIC; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACILITATED COMMUNICATION; HUMAN; INTERSYSTEMIC REORGANIZATION; KINEMATICS; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATE AND RHYTHM CONTROL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; WRITTEN LANGUAGE;

EID: 33745062273     PISSN: 10651438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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