Improved vocabulary production after naming therapy in aphasia can gains in picture naming generalise to connected speech

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1036-1062

  Conroy, Paul ^a   Sage, Karen ^a   Ralph, Matt Lambon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Assessment; Expressive language; Narrative; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VISUAL INFORMATION; LANGUAGE TEST; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MIDDLE AGED; NOMENCLATURE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOCABULARY;

EID: 70449337351     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820802585975     Document Type: Article

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