Lost in translation? Issues of content validity in interpreter-mediated aphasia assessments

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-73

  Roger, Peter ^a   Code, Chris ^b  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aphasia; assessment; bilingualism; interpreter

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

APHASIA; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; HUMANS; MULTILINGUALISM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79951889148     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2011.549241     Document Type: Article

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