Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia (ORLA): Evaluating the efficacy of computer-delivered therapy in chronic nonfluent aphasia

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 423-431

  Cherney, Leora ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; computers; language therapy; oral reading; rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC NONFLUENT APHASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MALE; READING; SPEECH THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APHASIA, BROCA; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; THERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 78751531784     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1706-423     Document Type: Article

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