Contrasting therapy effects for verb and sentence processing difficulties: A discussion of what worked and why

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1231-1251

  Webster, Janet ^a   Gordon, Barbara ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Sunderland General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; FLUENCY DISORDER; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE; LEARNING DISORDER; LINGUISTICS; SPEECH; SPEECH THERAPY; VERBALIZATION; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 70349083366     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802246291     Document Type: Article

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