Treatment of metaphor interpretation deficits subsequent to traumatic brain injury

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 446-452

  Brownell, Hiram ^a,b,c   Lundgren, Kristine ^b,c,d   Cayer Meade, Carol ^b,c   Milione, Janet ^b,c   Katz, Douglas I ^b,e   Kearns, Kevin ^f  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^e Braintree Rehabilitation Hospital   (United States)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

language and communication impairment; metaphor; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; TRAINING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPHOR; MIDDLE AGED; SEMANTICS;

EID: 84888132573     PISSN: 08859701     EISSN: 1550509X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/HTR.0b013e31825b5e85     Document Type: Article

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