The effectiveness of vestibular exercises in enhancing auditory memory and discrimination in high-functioning

Saeed Rezaei1, MohammadBagher Hassanvand1, Maedeh Asadi Rajani1

  • 1Department of Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Allameh Tabataba'i University, Tehran, Iran.

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