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Record Nr.

UNINA9910163922903321

Autore

Papathanasiou Ilias

Titolo

Aphasia and related neurogenic communication disorders / / Ilias Papathanasiou, Patrick Coppens

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Burlington, Massachusetts : , : Jones & Bartlett Learning, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-284-10369-2

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (930 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

616.855206

Soggetti

Aphasia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Significant landmarks in the history of aphasia and 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 adult -- Dementia and related cognitive disorders -- Acquired apraxia of speech -- Dysarthria.