Reading comprehension by people with chronic aphasia: A comparison of three levels of visuographic contextual support

Aphasiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7-8, 2009, Pages 1053-1064

  Dietz, Aimee ^a   Hux, Karen ^b   McKelvey, Miechelle L ^c   Beukelman, David R ^b   Weissling, Kristy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Reading comprehension; Social roles; Visuographic supports

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950764623     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030802635832     Document Type: Article

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