Relationship between deficits of verbal short-term memory and auditory impairment among Cantonese speakers with aphasia

Background Patients with left hemisphere stroke often have co-morbid verbal short-term memory (STM) and language impairment. Studies have indicated that treatment on STM deficits generally have positive effect on patients’ responses to language therapy (Murray, 2012). Chinese is a logographic langua...

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Main Authors: Diana W.L. Ho, Anthony Pak Hin Kong, Nim Ting Koon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fpsyg.2014.64.00006/full