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L A de Vries

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[Total communication in aphasia therapy].

Total Communication Therapy is based on the possibilities which aphasic patients have left to communicate. All aspects of language are trained. The environment stimulates the patient and uses all possible means of communication in order to achieve an optimal level of communication. An evaluation test is being prepared at the moment.

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[Computer-assisted training programs in aphasia therapy].

This article shows how aphasic patients can use computer-aided training programs that enable them to train the language more or less independently apart from speech therapy. The computer offers help or feedback the moment it is asked for. The patient evaluates this as a mature method of therapy.

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Ophthalmooestriasis conjunctivae.

A case of ophthalmooestriasis externa in a young woman is presented. The natural hosts of Oestrus ovis are sheep and goat. Occasionally man serves as intermediate host but then the larvae cannot mature. These larvae can give rise to a varying degree of inflammatory reactions of the conjunctiva. As the O. ovis larvae have no burrowing habits, infestation is limited to the outer membranes of the eye.

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