Brain-based communication disorders /

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Introduces the reader to the major clinically recognized types of acquired speech/language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders encountered by clinicians working with child and adult neurological cases.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: LaPointe, Leonard L. (Author), Murdoch, B. E., 1950- (Author), Stierwalt, Julie A. G. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Diego, CA : Plural Pub., [2010]
Subjects:
Communicative disorders.
Brain damage.
Communication Disorders
Central Nervous System Diseases > complications
Troubles de la communication.
Cerveau > Lésions et blessures.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > General.
MEDICAL > Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL > Diseases.
MEDICAL > Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL > Internal Medicine.
Brain damage
Communicative disorders
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Neurological basis of speech and language
  • Basic anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism
  • Neurological causes of communcation disorders
  • Aphasia
  • Non-focal brain damage : communication disorders and a world of other problems
  • Right hemisphere syndrome
  • Acquired aphasia in childhood
  • Motor speech disorders in adults : dysarthrias and apraxia of speech
  • Motor speech disorders in childhood
  • Acquired neurological swallowing disorders in children and adults
  • Principles of assessment of child and adult neurological speech-language disorders
  • Principles of treatment for neurological communication disorders.

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