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Pragmatic skills after childhood traumatic brain injury: Parents’ perspectives

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to characterize pragmatic deficits after childhood traumatic brain injury (TBI) within the home environment social contexts where they occur. We used a descriptive qualitative approach to describe parents' experiences in communicating with their child with TBI. Participants were ten mothers of children ages 6-12 years who had sustained a moderate to severe TBI more than one year prior to the study. Mothers' …

Authors

Keck CS; Creaghead NA; Turkstra LS; Vaughn LM; Kelchner LN

Journal

Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol. 69, , pp. 106–118

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

September 2017

DOI

10.1016/j.jcomdis.2017.08.002

ISSN

0021-9924