Communication and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study.

DeRuyter, Frank; Donoghue, Kathleen A.

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ERIC Number: EJ390589

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1989

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Communication and Traumatic Brain Injury: A Case Study.

DeRuyter, Frank; Donoghue, Kathleen A.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication, v5 n1 p49-54 Mar 1989

A case study of a difficult to manage nonspeaking young man with brain injury is presented. Assessment and intervention indicated severe cognitive-linguistic deficits, severe physical involvement of all extremities, extensive surgical management, visual perceptual and acuity deficits, and behavioral problems. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Case Studies, Cognitive Processes, Communication Disorders, Evaluation Methods, Intervention, Multiple Disabilities, Neurological Impairments, Physical Disabilities, Young Adults

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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