Using telerehabilitation to assess apraxia of speech in adults

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 731-747

  Hill, Anne Jane ^a   Theodoros, Deborah ^a   Russell, Trevor ^a   Ward, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adults; Assessment; Dyspraxia; Telerehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SAMPLE SIZE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH APRAXIA; SPEECH DISORDER; TELEMEDICINE; TELEREHABILITATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APRAXIAS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REMOTE CONSULTATION; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350103966     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13682820802350537     Document Type: Article

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