Effect of treatment for bilingual individuals with aphasia: A systematic review of the evidence

Journal of Neurolinguistics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-341

  Faroqi Shah, Yasmeen ^a   Frymark, Tobi ^b   Mullen, Robert ^b   Wang, Beverly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Bilingualism; Cross language transfer; Multilingualism; Speech language pathologist

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; BILINGUALISM; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; SPEECH THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952889062     PISSN: 09116044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroling.2010.01.002     Document Type: Review

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