Readability of written health information provided to people with aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-407

  Aleligay, Annalle ^a   Worrall, Linda E ^a   Rose, Tanya A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FLESCH KINCAID; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; FRY; HUMAN; IMAGINATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; SIMPLE MEASURE OF GOBBLEDYGOOK; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 41749114321     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030701415872     Document Type: Article

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