Brain-based communication disorders / Leonard L. LaPointe, Bruce E. Murdoch, Julie A.G. Stierwalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

LaPointe, Leonard L., author.

Murdoch, B. E., 1950- author.

Stierwalt, Julie A.G., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communicative disorders.

Brain damage.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Plural Publishing, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

"Videos included"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-59756-704-3

OCLC:

898423373