Effect of Verb Network Strengthening Treatment (VNeST) on lexical retrieval of content words in sentences in persons with aphasia

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 402-424

  Edmonds, Lisa A ^a   Nadeau, Stephen E ^b   Kiran, Swathi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Connected speech; Semantic therapy; Thematic roles; Verb, Generalisation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH THERAPY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VERB NETWORK STRENGTHENING TREATMENT; VISUAL STIMULATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 62549113954     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802291339     Document Type: Article

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