Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders /
Ilias Papathanasiou, Patrick Coppens, Constantin Potagas,
- Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, c2013.
- xxiii, 505 p. : ill. ;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Significant landmarks in the history of aphasia & its therapy -- Elements of neurology essential for understanding the aphasias -- Plasticity and recovery in aphasia -- Formal and informal assessment of aphasia -- Therapy approaches to aphasia -- Disorders of auditory comprehension -- Disorders of word production -- The acquired disorders of reading -- Written language and its impairments -- Disorders of sentence processing in aphasia -- Discourse and functional approaches to aphasia -- Quality of life approach to aphasia -- Living with aphasia : a client-centered approach -- Aphasia in multilingual populations -- Nature and assessment of right hemisphere disorders -- Treatment of right hemisphere disorders -- Traumatic brain injury in adults -- Dementia and related cognitive disorders -- Acquired apraxia of speech -- Dysarthria.
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Aphasia. Language disorders. Aphasia. Apraxias. Brain Injuries. Dementia. Dysarthria.