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Language Comprehension After Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Speed.

Abstract

Purpose The aim of this study was to characterize language comprehension in mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) by testing a speed-based hypothesis. We hypothesized that adults with mTBI would perform worse than a group of adults with orthopedic injuries (OIs) on an experimental language comprehension task. Method The study employed a prospective experimental design. Participants were 19 adults with mTBI and 19 adults with OI ages 18-55 years. …

Authors

Norman RS; Shah MN; Turkstra LS

Journal

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 1479–1490

Publisher

American Speech Language Hearing Association

Publication Date

November 19, 2019

DOI

10.1044/2019_ajslp-18-0203

ISSN

1058-0360