From infancy to the elderly : communication throughout the ages / Melanie J. Durkin, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Durkin, Melanie J.

Series:

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives series.

Aging issues, health and financial alternatives

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonverbal communication.

Communication and culture.

Communication.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents research in the field of communications ranging from infancy to the elderly. Topics discussed include the role of symbolic play in early literacy development; ageing and the use of electronic speech generating devices in hospitals; sound spectrographic cry analysis and mother's perceptions of their infant's crying; caregiver awareness of dementia patients and the educational needs of elderly deaf persons.

Contents:

Sound spectrographic cry analysis and mothers perception of their infant's crying / Katarina Michelsson, Helena Todd de Barra and Oliver Michelsson

The role of symbolic play in early literacy development / Ljubica Marjanoviè Umek and Urika Fekonja Peklaj

Aging and the use of electronic speech generating devices in the hospital setting / Mary Beth Happ, Tricia Roesch, Sarah H. Kagan, Kathryn L. Garrett and Nedra Farkas

Unheard emotions and unseen depression : improving caregiver awareness of dementia patients' affects / Carol Magai, Kyle Arnold, David Gomberg and Carl I. Cohen

Assessing the end-of-life-care educational needs of elderly deaf persons : lessons on language and culture for researchers and health practitioners / Barbara Allen, Nancy Meyers, John Sullivan and Melissa Sullivan.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61324-405-3

OCLC:

744635301