Primary objective: To provide an overview of useful clinical information for healthcare
providers involved in traumatic brain injury (TBI) rehabilitation, including current methods …

There is now an extensive empirical literature on the nature and extent of pragmatic
disorders in a range of clinical populations. This chapter attempts to organize the findings of …

This book presents hands-on tools for addressing the multiple ways that brain injury can
affect psychological functioning and well-being. The author is a leader in the field who …

Purpose This study was designed to explore the behavioral nature of pragmatic impairment
following severe traumatic brain injury (TBI) and to evaluate the contribution of executive …

Changes to everyday spoken language (“connected language”) are evident in persons with
AD dementia, yet little is known about when these changes are first detectable on the …

Pragmatics has grown considerably in its relatively short history, from its original disciplinary
influences in philosophy and linguistics, into a multidisciplinary field that encompasses a …

Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy
which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication …

Why do people with right hemisphere damage (RHD) have difficulty with pragmatics and
communication? One hypothesis has been that pragmatic impairment in RHD is the result of …

The aim of this paper was to develop and test two equivalent forms of the Assessment
Battery for Communication (ABaCo), a tool for evaluating pragmatic abilities in patients with …

This article examines the preservation of pragmatic abilities of individuals with aphasia, as
manifested in the discourse they produce. The construct of coherence is used as a …