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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Preface | |
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| About the Author | |
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| Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: A Short Story | |
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| Stroke and the Ability to Communicate | |
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| The Talking Animal | |
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| The Brain and the Power of Speech | |
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| The Brain Operates Holistically | |
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| The Special Case of Left-Handed People | |
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| Speech and Language Centers of the Brain | |
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| Blood Supply to the Brain | |
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| Strokes | |
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| Loss of Language | |
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| The "Big Three" Communication Disorders | |
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| Aphasia: More Than a Speech Disorder | |
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| Aphasia Disrupts All Avenues of Communication | |
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| Three General Types of Reading Problems | |
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| Most Aphasic Individuals Write Like They Speak | |
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| Simple Arithmetic Impairment in Aphasia | |
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| Use and Understanding of Gestures | |
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| Broca's Aphasia | |
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| Automatic Speech | |
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| Wernicke's Aphasia | |
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| Types of Naming Mistakes: Rhyme and Reason | |
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| Awareness of Naming Mistakes and the Ability to Correct Them | |
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| Motor Speech Disorders | |
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| Apraxia of Speech: A Tangled Tongue | |
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| The Speech-Programming Computer | |
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| Dysarthria: The Paralyzed Tongue | |
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| The Muscle-Regulating Computers | |
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| The Coordinating Computer | |
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| Other Computer Malfunctions | |
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| Complications | |
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| Exaggerated Emotions | |
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| Panic Attacks | |
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| Difficulty Shifting Thoughts | |
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| Echoed Speech | |
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| Perceptual Disorders | |
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| Loss of Half the World | |
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| Eating Problems | |
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| Loss of Awareness | |
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| Coma | |
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| Disorientation | |
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| Confusion or Aphasic Naming Errors | |
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| Memory Problems | |
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| Attention | |
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| Storage | |
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| Recall | |
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| Human Memory Banks and Libraries | |
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| Amnesia Before and After the Stroke | |
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| Accurate Diagnosis of Memory Deficits | |
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| Behavioral Problems | |
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| Improving Awareness | |
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| Reality Orientation | |
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| Thinking Without Language | |
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| What Is Thinking? | |
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| Problem-Solving and Free-Floating Thought | |
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| Units of Thought | |
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| Images | |
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| Words | |
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| Other Kinds of Thinking | |
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| Higher Level Thinking | |
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| Mr. Robinson | |
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| Depression and the Stroke Survivor | |
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| More Than Sadness | |
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| Crying and the Nature of Depression | |
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| Feelings of Guilt and Worthlessness | |
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| Self-Esteem | |
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| The Patient's Self-Concept: Images and Definitions | |
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| Improving Body Image | |
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| The Value of Praise | |
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| Allow a Wide Range of Emotional Expression | |
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| Label the Disorders | |
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| Time Structuring | |
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| Counseling | |
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| Positive and Constructive Attitudes | |
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| Positive Environments | |
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| Antidepressant Medications | |
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| Anxiety and the Stroke Survivor | |
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| Fight or Flight Response | |
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| Anxiety Levels: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | |
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| Anxiety and the Stroke Patient | |
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| Decisions, Decisions, Decisions | |
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| Approach-Approach Conflicts | |
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| Avoidance-Avoidance Conflicts | |
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| Simple Approach-Avoidance Conflicts | |
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| Double Approach-Avoidance Conflicts | |
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| Coping with Anxiety | |
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| Avoidance | |
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| Escape | |
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| Ego Restriction | |
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| Defense Mechanisms | |
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| Calming the Seas | |
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| Maintaining Relationships | |
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| Bridging Troubled Waters | |
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| The Stroke Survivor's Perspective | |
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| Nonverbal Communication | |
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| Personal Space | |
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| Personal Territory | |
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| Touching | |
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| Body Language | |
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| Family Dynamics | |
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| Give and Take | |
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| Communication and Money | |
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| Communication and Social Activities | |
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| Communication and Family Routines | |
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| Intimate Communication | |
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| Accepting Unwanted Change | |
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| Dimensions of Loss | |
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| Psychological Separation | |
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| Loss of Objects | |
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| Loss of Self | |
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| The Process of Accepting Unwanted Change | |
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| The Road to Acceptance | |
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| 'I Don't Believe It." | |
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| "Why Me?" | |
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| Grieving Depression | |
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| Acceptance | |
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| Helping the Grieving Process | |
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| Allow Control | |
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| Provide Perspective | |
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| Acknowledge the Losses | |
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| Listen Quietly | |
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| Avoid Rewarding Denial | |
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| Do Not Punish Anger | |
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| Avoid Bargaining | |
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| Do Not Provide Secondary Gains | |
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| Avoid Early Distractions | |
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| Provide Companionship during Depression | |
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| Speech and Language Rehabilitation | |
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| Re-ha-bil-i-ta-tion (re'ha-bil-i-ta-shun): The Therapeutic Restoration of Abilities to Optimal Levels Following an Injury | |
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| Self-Healing | |
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| Competent Clinicians | |
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| Certificates of Clinical Competence | |
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| The Value of Therapy | |
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| Evaluating Communication Disorders in the Stroke Patient | |
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| Categories and Labels | |
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| Formal Speech and Language Testing | |
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| Testing for Dysarthria | |
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| Testing for Apraxia of Speech | |
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| Testing for Aphasia | |
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| Testing for Swallowing Problems | |
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| Additional Evaluation Information | |
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| Philosophy of Treatment | |
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| The Role of the Speech-Language Clinician | |
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| Therapy for the Dysarthrias | |
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| Therapy for Apraxia of Speech | |
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| Therapy for Aphasia | |
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| Therapy for Swallowing Problems | |
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| The Aphasic Patient's Bill of Rights | |
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| Questions and Answers | |
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| Profiles in Recovery | |
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| Stroke Survivor "Christine," Husband "Darrel," and Son "Alan" Emotional Lability | |
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| Stroke Survivor "Allison" and Husband "Stephen" Homonymous Hemianopsia and Visual Neglect | |
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| Grandfather "Earnest" and his Extended Family Religious Healing Ceremony | |
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| Multiple Stroke Survivor "Verne" and Wife "Nancy" Memory Problems and Higher Level Mental Processing Deficits | |
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| Stroke Survivor "Joan" and Husband "Carl" Post-Stroke Clinical Depression-Anxiety Disorder | |
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| Stroke Victor "LeRoy" Acceptance | |
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| The Silent Tongue (aphasia) | |
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| Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: "Beth's Story" | |
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| Resources | |
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| Aphasia Support Group Resources | |
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| Aphasia Support Groups and Associations | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |