Gesturing by speakers with aphasia: How does it compare?

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1224-1236

  Mol, Lisette ^a   Krahmer, Emiel ^a   van de Sandt Koenderman, Mieke ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Apraxia; Gesture; Pantomime

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; APRAXIA; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH; ARTICLE; PANTOMIME;

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; APRAXIAS; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GESTURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; SEMANTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH;

APHASIA; APRAXIA; GESTURE; PANTOMIME;

EID: 84881283830     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2012/11-0159)     Document Type: Article

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