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Introduction to neurogenic communication disorders / Robert H. Brookshire.
Holman Biotech Commons RC423 .B74 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Brookshire, Robert H.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Communicative disorders.
- Aphasia.
- Communication Disorders.
- Medical Subjects:
- Aphasia.
- Communication Disorders.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 658 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- Sixth edition.
- Place of Publication:
- St. Louis, Mo. : Mosby, [2003]
- Summary:
- Easy to understand and highly practical, Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders continues the outstanding precedent set by previous editions of this book. Students and practitioners alike will gain a solid understanding of neurogenic communication disorders, with concrete guidance on evaluating, diagnosing, and treating patients.
- Contents:
- 1 Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology 1
- The Human Nervous System 2
- Neurologic Causes of Adult Communication Disorders 35
- 2 Neurologic Assessment 51
- The Interview and Physical Examination 51
- The Neurologic Examination 53
- Laboratory Tests 78
- Recording the Results of the Neurologic Examination 86
- 3 Assessing Adults Who Have Neurogenic Communication Impairments 91
- The Process of Assessment and Diagnosis 92
- Sources of Information About the Patient 94
- Interviewing the Patient 110
- Testing the Patient 113
- Behavioral, Cognitive, and Emotional Effects of Brain Injury 114
- Some General Principles for Testing Adults with Brain Injuries 117
- Purposes of Testing 123
- Managed Care and Assessment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders 141
- 4 Neuroanatomic Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders 145
- The Localizationists 146
- Language and Cerebral Dominance 147
- The Perisylvian Region and Language 148
- How the Brain Performs Language 149
- Patterns of Language Impairment 151
- Related Disorders 164
- Apraxia 167
- Agnosia 171
- Limitations of Connectionist Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders 172
- The Explanatory Power of Connectionist Models 175
- 5 Assessing Aphasia and Related Disorders 179
- Assessing Language and Communication 179
- Assessing Auditory Comprehension 193
- Assessing Reading 209
- Assessing Speech Production 220
- Assessing Written Expression 232
- 6 The Context for Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders 239
- The Treatment Team 240
- General Characteristics of Treatment Sessions 243
- Adjusting Treatment Tasks to the Patient 245
- How Clinicians Decide What to Treat 254
- Task Difficulty 256
- Instructions and Feedback 257
- Recording and Charting Patients' Performance 263
- Measuring the Effects of Treatment 266
- Enhancing Generalization from the Clinic to Daily Life 271
- Social Validation 274
- 7 Treatment of Aphasia and Related Disorders 277
- Effectiveness of Treatment for Aphasia 278
- The Timing of Intervention 281
- Candidacy for Treatment 283
- The Focus and Progression of Treatment 287
- The Goals of Treatment 288
- Treatment of Auditory Comprehension 290
- Treatment of Discourse Comprehension 297
- Treatment of Reading Comprehension 299
- Treatment of Speech Production 310
- Group Activities for Aphasic Adults 324
- A Short History of Group Treatment for Aphasic Adults 328
- Efficacy of Group Treatment for Aphasia 329
- 8 Right-Hemisphere Syndrome 335
- Historical Overview 335
- Behavioral and Cognitive Symptoms of Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury 337
- Communicative Impairments Associated with Right-Hemisphere Damage 349
- Tests for Assessing Adults with Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury 355
- Treating Adults with Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury 366
- 9 Traumatic Brain Injury 383
- Incidence and Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injuries 384
- Risk Factors 385
- Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury 386
- Prognostic Indicators in Traumatic Brain Injury 397
- Assessing Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury 411
- Language and Communication 424
- Abstract Thinking 427
- Reasoning 428
- Planning and Problem-Solving 429
- Test Batteries Useful in Evaluation of Traumatically-Brain-Injured Adults 430
- Treatment of Traumatically-Brain-Injured Adults 433
- Community Reentry 453
- Working with the Family 454
- 10 Dementia 457
- Defining Dementia 457
- Subcortical Dementia 461
- Mixed Dementia 467
- Cortical Dementia 468
- Identifying Cortical Dementia 480
- Assessment of Patients with Confirmed Dementia 482
- Assessing Language and Communication in Patients with Dementia 485
- Helping Patients and Families Cope with Dementia 488
- Management Issues 491
- Intervention 498
- 11 Motor Speech Disorders 511
- Apraxia of Speech 511
- Dysarthria 525.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 609-629) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0323016863
- OCLC:
- 49558685
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