Quality of life and social integration are strongly influenced by the ability to communicate
and previous research has shown that pragmatic ability can be specifically impaired in …

This chapter considers the everyday psychological and social costs attached to having
pragmatic language difficulties. We briefly review key terminology concerning pragmatic …

Deficits in pragmatic communication ability have a significant impact on functional outcome
from traumatic brain injury (TBI), particularly during adolescence, when sophisticated social …

Recent research on disorders such as autism has allowed us to reframe pragmatic
communication as belonging to the larger domain of social cognition, defined as the thought …

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 …

Objective: To verify the efficacy of Cognitive Pragmatic Treatment (CPT), a new rehabilitation
training program for improving communicative-pragmatic abilities. Design: The CPT program …

Pragmatic competence comprises a number of interrelated skills which manifest in real-time
in a range of adaptive behaviors and which are driven by underlying cognitive processes …

The purpose of this study was to gain insight into the social (pragmatic) aspects of language
use by French-speaking individuals with frontal lesions following a severe traumatic brain …

In this chapter we provide a brief overview of traumatic brain injury (TBI) before discussing
the cognitive communication disorders that tend to follow such injury. We then discuss …