Language Disorders in Adults: Grand Rounds on Aphasia Group Treatment

Roberta J. Elman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD

Presented to the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention

November, 2000

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Correspondence to:

Roberta J. Elman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, BC-NCD

Aphasia Center of California, 3996 Lyman Road, Oakland, CA USA 94602

Phone: 510-336-0112

e-mail: RJElman@aol.com website: www.aphasiacenter.org