Development of a theoretically based treatment for sentence comprehension deficits in individuals with aphasia

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Kiran, Swathi ^a   Caplan, David ^a,b   Sandberg, Chaleece ^a   Levy, Joshua ^a,b   Berardino, Alex ^a   Ascenso, Elsa ^a   Villard, Sarah ^a   Tripodis, Yorghos ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Rehabilitation; Sentence comprehension; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860632611     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/11-0106)     Document Type: Article

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