Measuring verbal and non-verbal communication in aphasia: Reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the scenario test

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 424-435

  Van Der Meulen, Ineke ^a   Van De Sandt Koenderman, W Mieke E ^a,b   Duivenvoorden, Hugo J ^b   Ribbers, Gerard M ^a,b  

^a Erasmus MC University Medical Center and Rijndam Rehabilitation Center Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

aphasia; functional communication; instrument development; outcome; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CREATIVITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; STROKE; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION; CREATIVENESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH; STROKE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77953679132     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13682820903111952     Document Type: Article

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