Psychosocial Outcomes of Severe Traumatic Brain Injury in Relation to Discourse Recovery: A Longitudinal Study Up To 1 Year Post-Injury.
Conclusions Discourse disorders have a strong relationship with everyday outcomes relating to work, relationships, and independence as reported by relatives. Six months post-injury is a beneficial time for assessment, education, and service planning. Age, years of education, and aphasia may mediate recovery and outcomes. A clinical decision tree is offered to support goal setting. Supplemental Material https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.9755444.
PMID: 31487472 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology - Category: Speech-Language Pathology Authors: Elbourn E, Kenny B, Power E, Togher L Tags: Am J Speech Lang Pathol Source Type: research
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