Efficacy of Repeated Choral Reading for Individuals with Chronic Nonfluent Aphasia
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Oral Reading for Language in Aphasia (ORLA) is a treatment technique in which the person with aphasia repeatedly reads aloud sentences and paragraphs, first in unison with the clinician, and then independently. Based on neuropsychological models of reading, ORLA was developed to improve reading comprehension in individuals with aphasia by providing practice in the phonological and semantic reading routes.
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