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  1. Speech Pathology, School of Health Sciences, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, USA

    Kate Krival

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    John DeLuca

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Krival, K. (2018). Pure Word Deafness. 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_918

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