Brain-Based Communication Disorders

Name: Brain-Based Communication Disorders
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ISBN: 9781597561945

ISBN-10: 1597561940

ISBN-13: 9781597561945

Edition: 2011

Authors: Bruce E. Murdoch, Leondard L. LaPointe, Julie A. G. Stierwalt, Julie A. G. Stierwalt

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'Brain-Based Communication' introduces the reader to the major clinically recognised types of acquired speech/language disorders encountered by clinicians working with child and adult neurological cases.

Book details

List price: $98.00
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Plural Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/1/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English



Foreword



Preface



Basics; What do we Need to Know About Good Brains and Bad Brains?



The Neurologic Basis of Speech and Language



Basic Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism



Neurological Causes of Communication Disorders



Acquired Brain-Based Communication Disorders: What do these Disorders Look Like and Sound Like?



Aphasia



Nonfocal 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 Neurologic Swallowing Disorders in Children and Adults



Assessment and Treatment of Brain-Based Disorders: What Can we do About it?



Principles of Assessment of Child and Adult Neurologic Speech-Language Disorders



Principles of Treatment for Neurologic Communication Disorders


Index