Aphasia rehabilitation in Australia: Current practices, challenges and future directions

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 169-180

  Rose, Miranda ^a,b   Ferguson, Alison ^b,c   Power, Emma ^b,d   Togher, Leanne ^b,d   Worrall, Linda ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aphasia; Approaches; Challenges; Rehabilitation; Survey

Indexed keywords

APHASIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; SPEECH DISORDER;

APHASIA; AUSTRALIA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY;

EID: 84896333142     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17549507.2013.794474     Document Type: Article

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