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Paul, D. (2018). American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Functional Assessment of Communication Skills for Adults. In: Kreutzer, J.S., DeLuca, J., Caplan, B. (eds) Encyclopedia of Clinical Neuropsychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57111-9_854
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