Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 78, Issue 8 , Pages 841-846 , August 1997

Promoting recovery in chronic aphasia with an interactive technology

  • Lefkos B. Aftonomos, MD

      Affiliations

    • LingraphiCARE™ Language Care CenterSM Program, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Richard D. Steele, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Richard D. Steele, PhD, Chief Scientist, LingraphiCARE America, 3600 West Bayshore Road, Suite 202, Palo Alto, CA 94303.
    • LingraphiCARE™ Language Care CenterSM Program, Palo Alto, CA, USA
    • ,
  • Robert T. Wertz, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Audiology and Speech Pathology Service, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA

Received 20 June 1996 ,Accepted 2 January 1997.

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☆ Supported by LingraphiCARE America, Inc., Palo Alto, CA.

☆☆ The technology used is commercially registered as the Lingraphica® System, referred to in this article as the “LG System.” Data for this article came from two sources: a study at the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ, referred to as the “VAMC” site, and the medical records of The LingraphiCARE™ Language Care CentersSM Program in Palo Alto, CA, referred to as the “Center” site.

★ A commercial party with a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has conferred or will confer a financial benefit upon one or more of the authors.

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Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 78, Issue 8 , Pages 841-846 , August 1997

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