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Christine Matthews, CScD, CCC-SLP; BCS-S
Dr. Christine Matthews joined VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System in 2002 as a Pre-Doctoral Fellow studying aphasia. Twenty years later, she is now the Director of the Audiology and Speech Pathology Program. She has experience providing the full-range of speech pathology services over her career and was one of the first Speech Pathologists to provide intensive aphasia rehabilitation in PIRATE. Chris has authored or co-authored a number of papers examining how attention impacts language function in people with aphasia.
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- What Matters to You
- Treatment
- Socializing
- Understanding
- Talking
Affiliations
Communication Science and Disorders, University of Pittsburgh, Adjunct Faculty