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The communicative and congnitive deficits following closed-head injury

Lesley Irvine, Marlene Behrmann
South African Journal of Communication Disorders | Vol 33, No 1 | a322 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v33i1.322 | © 2019 Lesley Irvine, Marlene Behrmann | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 02 November 2016 | Published: 31 December 1986

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Lesley Irvine, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Marlene Behrmann, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

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The communicative and cognitive deficits of three closed-head injured patients were investigated within the framework of language form, language use, and cognitive ability. A battery of tests was administered and results indicated a degree of cognitive impairment in all subjects. The balance between the language form and language use skills was subject-specific. These findings supported the current view of heterogeneity within the closed-head injured population as well as the view that a language disorder may result from an underlying cognitive deficit. The results are discussed in the light of the existing literature on head injury. The theoretical and clinical implications are considered.

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