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Progress Report on an Evaluation of Speech Therapy for Aphasia

Author(s) -

DAVID RACHEL M.,

ENDERBY PAM,

BAINTON DAVID

Publication year - 1979

Publication title -

international journal of language and communication disorders

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.101

H-Index - 67

eISSN - 1460-6984

pISSN - 1368-2822

DOI - 10.3109/13682827909011348

Subject(s) - aphasia , psychology , speech therapy , intervention (counseling) , audiology , treatment protocol , medicine , psychiatry , surgery

Summary A feasibility study of a proposed evaluation of speech therapy for acquired aphasia is described. Patients were allocated randomly to either individual speech therapy or an equal amount of intervention from untrained volunteers. Their progress was closely followed for 12 weeks of treatment and subsequently until the end of one year. Thirteen patients completed the study and the results are reported. After some minor changes to the Protocol the Study continues as a large scale, multicentre project.

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