Bridging the gap: Can impairment-based therapy for anomia have an impact at the psycho-social level?

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 390-407

  Best, Wendy ^a   Greenwood, Alison ^b   Grassly, Jennie ^b   Hickin, Julie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activity; Anomia; Aphasia therapy; Communication disability; Impairment; Orthographic cues; Outcome measures; Participation; Phonological cues; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOMIA; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANOMIA; APHASIA; CUES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH THERAPY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; VOCABULARY;

EID: 46349087981     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820701608001     Document Type: Article

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