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The treatment of an auditory working memory deficit and the implications for sentence comprehension abilities in mild "receptive" aphasia

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Background: Theoretical studies have shown that some deficits in verbal short-term/working memory can impact comprehension abilities. Clinicians often suspect that their clients are failing to understand speech because they cannot remember what has been said. Yet there are no reports of how to treat such a problem. Aims: To see if improving the short-term/working memory abilities of a person with aphasia would improve her comprehension at the sentence level. In addition, we sought to explore ...

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10.1080/02687030344000201

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Experimental Psychology
Role:
Author
Journal:
APHASIOLOGY
Volume:
17
Issue:
8
Pages:
723-750
Publication date:
2003-08-01
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EISSN:
1464-5041
ISSN:
0268-7038
Language:
English
Pubs id:
pubs:311594
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uuid:884e985e-d3af-4a2d-b2e3-25604f4cbe47
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pubs:311594
Source identifiers:
311594
Deposit date:
2013-11-17

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