A linguistic deficit resulting from right-hemisphere damage
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Comparison of right hemisphere damage patients and normal adults in some linguistic performances
Introduction: According to some evidence, damage to the right hemisphere leads to impaired linguistic and cognitive functions. Patients with right hemisphere damage (RHD) experience difficulties at different levels of language. Assessing and diagnosing language disorders in RHD patients help to plan treatment programs. Therefore, the present study investigated some of the language functions in ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brain and Language
سال: 1988
ISSN: 0093-934X
DOI: 10.1016/0093-934x(88)90123-x