Davis, G. Albyn (George Albyn) 1946- creator text mau 2013 First edition. monographic eng

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pages cm 1 INTRODUCTION TO ACQUIRED LANGUAGE DISORDERS Diagnosing aphasia Describing aphasia Explaining aphasia Studying aphasia Treating aphasia Summary and conclusions 2 NEUROLOGICAL AND MEDICAL CONSIDERATIONS Neuroanatomy, neurophysiology Ischemic stroke Hemorrhage Tumor Focal cortical atrophy Clinical neurological examination Clinical brain imaging Syndromes of aphasia Exceptional aphasias Summary and conclusions 3 INVESTIGATING LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENTS Word processing Detecting sentence comprehension deficits Explaining sentence comprehension deficits Word finding and retrieval Sentence production and agrammatism Summary and conclusions 4 INVESTIGATING COMMUNICATION AND PARTICIPATION Cognitive pragmatics Prosody Nonverbal modalities Discourse and text Conversation Communication partners Life participation Summary and conclusions 5 CLINICAL ASSESSMENT AND DIAGNOSIS The first visit Standardized testing Administering the formal test Documenting syndromes: The Boston Exam Syndromes quantified: The WAB-R Psychometric constraints: The PICA United Kingdom: CAT Revival: Eisenson's Examining for Aphasia Bedside screening and brief batteries Diagnostic decisions Aphasia in bilingual individuals Summary and conclusions 6 SUPPLEMENTAL AND FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENTS Word comprehension Model-based assessment of reading Modular impairment: PALPA Sentence comprehension Word retrieval Verbs: Comprehension and production Speech disorders Severe aphasia Functional communication and outcomes Overall functional outcome Life satisfaction Summary in brief 7 RECOVERY AND PROGNOSIS Stroke Recovery of language Approaches to prognosis Type of stroke Severity of impairment Type of impairment Other factors Bilingual recovery The targeted prognosis Explaining recovery Summary and conclusions 8 TREATMENT OF LANGUAGE IMPAIRMENT Rehabilitation team and settings Getting started Cognitive stimulation Measurement and generalization Word-finding and retrieval Computer-assisted treatment Efficacy of impairment-based treatment The brain with treatment Health care topics Summary and conclusion 9 SPECIALIZED TREATMENTS FOR IMPAIRMENTS Studying individual cases Sentence production Asyntactic comprehension Wernicke's aphasia Conduction aphasia Anomic aphasia Reading impairments Spelling impairments Severe or global aphasia Medical treatments Summary and conclusions 10 FUNCTIONAL REHABILITATION AND PARTICIPATION The clinical-functional gap Functional stimulation Adaptive language strategies AAC: Alternative and augmentative communication Interactive therapies Life participation Psychosocial adjustment Summary and conclusions 11 RIGHT HEMISPHERE DISORDERS Clinical neuropsychology Primary cognitive impairments Secondary impairments Cognitive pragmatics of RHD Discourse Conversation Clinical assessment Treatment Recovery and outcomes Summary and conclusions 12 TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY Head trauma Neuropsychological assessment Primary cognitive impairments Personality and behavior Insight Language Discourse Cognitive-communicative assessments Cognitive rehabilitation Recovery and outcomes Summary and conclusions 13 DEMENTIAS AND PROGRESSIVE APHASIAS Diagnosis and assessment of dementia Alzheimer's disease Other causes of dementia Dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) Language with DAT Communicative and cognitive rehabilitation Medical treatments Primary progressive aphasia Summary and conclusions G. Albyn Davis Aphasia Textbooks Language disorders Textbooks RC425 .D3787 2013 616.855 2 DAV 9780132614351 0132614359 2013016486 DLC 130501 20220221145206.0 17719423 eng