Traumatic brain injury (TBI) refers to brain injury acquired through a traumatic event such as
a motor vehicle crash, assault, or fall resulting in diffuse damage to the brain. It is the most …

Our ability to interact appropriately in everyday interpersonal situations is fundamental to
successful social integration. Impaired pragmatic competence correlates significantly and …

This chapter focuses on the nature of pragmatics and its potential clinical applicability to
communication after traumatic brain injury (TBI), contrasting this with an alternative …

Children and adults with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are at high risk for impairments in
pragmatic language and social communication more broadly. In this chapter, we provide an …

This paper reviews aspects of assessment of pragmatic language function in adolescents
who suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI). First, the nature of the injuries and the …

Pragmatic communication ability, or simply pragmatics, is the ability to use language-in
context—beyond understanding and expressing basic word meanings (semantics) in the …

Background The purpose of this study is to investigate the pragmatic abilities of individuals
with traumatic brain injury (TBI). Several studies in the literature have previously reported …

Deficits in pragmatic language ability are common to a number of clinical populations, for
example, right-hemisphere damage (RHD), Autism and traumatic brain injury (TBI). In these …

Background Assessment tools that assess pragmatic skills in adults with a mild‐severe
traumatic brain injury (TBI) are hard to access, not person‐centred and have a high risk of …

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 …