Judging conversation: How much is enough?

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 612-622

  Correll, Anna ^a   van Steenbrugge, Willem ^a   Scholten, Ingrid ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Conversation; Ratings; Sample

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERSATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION; VIDEORECORDING;

EID: 77952912249     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030902732752     Document Type: Article

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