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Dement. neuropsychol; 8 (3), 2014

Lexical-semantic impairments are common consequences of acquired neurological damage. However, little is known about the benefits of existing treatment methods for this type of language impairment. Objective: To evaluate current research into lexical-semantic interventions for adults with dementia, TBI o...

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Dement. neuropsychol; 4 (1), 2010

The literature on apraxia of speech describes the types and characteristics of phonological errors in this disorder. In general, phonemes affected by errors are described, but the distinctive features involved have not yet been investigated. Objective: To analyze the features involved in substitution err...

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Dement. neuropsychol; 3 (4), 2009

Abstract: Constraint-induced aphasia therapy (CIAT) is an intensive therapy model based on the forced use of verbal oral language as the sole channel of communication, while any alternative communication mode such as writing, gesturing or pointing are prevented. Objectives: This critical review involved ...

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Distúrb. comun; 21 (1), 2009

Esta comunicação propõe-se tematizar o silêncio, confrontando o leitor aos vários silêncios que se apresentam na clínica fonoaudiológica em seu aspecto enigmático de sintoma. Afirma que o silêncio, para ser entendido, deve ser remetido a um modelo de funcionamento dos sintomas de linguagem, for...

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