Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-480) and index.
Contents:
Neuroanatomy of the nervous system -- Neurologic assessment -- Assessing adults who have neurogenic cognitive-communicative impairments -- Assessing cognition -- Assessing language -- Assessing functional communication and quality of life -- The context for treatment of cognitive-communicative disorders -- Neuropathologic and neuroanatomic explanations of aphasia and related disorders -- Treatment of aphasia and related disorders -- Right-hemisphere syndrome -- Traumatic brain injury -- Dementia -- Motor speech disorders.
Summary:
Providing a solid foundation in the neurology of communication, this bestselling text covers the causes, symptoms, assessment, diagnosis and management of commonly encountered neurogenic communication disorders in adults. A concise, evidence-based approach shows how to measure and treat abnormalities such as aphasia, dysarthria, right-hemisphere syndrome.
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