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[Studies in aphasic patients using speech statistical methods].

B Breuel
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An attempt was made to ascertain the frequency of the use of grammatical kinds of words (categories) by aphasic patients. By means of significant studies one finds true differences as compared to patients with normal speech and between the individual aphasic patients when an error probability of 5 per cent is chosen. The sequence of these kinds of words is also of interest. The studies were carried out in such a way that the results are reproducible.

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B Breuel. 1981. [Studies in aphasic patients using speech statistical methods].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7255615/

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