Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders

by Brookshire

• ISBN13: 9780323016865
• ISBN10: 0323016863
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-08-01
• Publisher: Mosby

Summary

This popular, well-respected textbook provides the most comprehensive and cutting-edge information on the foundations, diagnosis, assessment, management, and treatment of patients with neurogenic communication disorders. Still the only text on the market that surveys the entire range of disorders in a single volume, this new edition is completely up to date with the most current research and developments in the field. New coverage includes three new assessment chapters and new discussions of hot topics such as the functional, environmental, and social elements of communication. The book is supplemented throughout with engaging artwork, clinical tips, and practical advice featuring many examples from clinical settings.

Table of Contents

Neuroanatomy and Neuropathology	1	(51)
The Human Nervous System	2	(33)
Neurologic Causes of Adult Communication Disorders	35	(16)
Neurologic Assessment	51	(40)
The Interview and Physical Examination	51	(2)
The Neurologic Examination	53	(25)
Laboratory Tests	78	(8)
Recording the Results of the Neurologic Examination	86	(5)
Assessing Adults Who Have Neurogenic Communication Impairments	91	(54)
The Process of Assessment and Diagnosis	92	(2)
Sources of Information About the Patient	94	(16)
Interviewing the Patient	110	(3)
Testing the Patient	113	(1)
Behavioral, Cognitive, and Emotional Effects of Brain Injury	114	(3)
Some General Principles for Testing Adults with Brain Injuries	117	(6)
Purposes of Testing	123	(18)
Managed Care and Assessment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders	141	(4)
Neuroanatomic Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders	145	(34)
The Localizationists	146	(1)
Language and Cerebral Dominance	147	(1)
The Perisylvian Region and Language	148	(1)
How the Brain Performs Language	149	(2)
Patterns of Language Impairment	151	(13)
Related Disorders	164	(3)
Apraxia	167	(4)
Agnosia	171	(1)
Limitations of Connectionist Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders	172	(3)
The Explanatory Power of Connectionist Models	175	(4)
Assessing Aphasia and Related Disorders	179	(60)
Assessing Language and Communication	179	(14)
Assessing Auditory Comprehension	193	(16)
Assessing Reading	209	(11)
Assessing Speech Production	220	(12)
Assessing Written Expression	232	(7)
The Context for Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders	239	(38)
The Treatment Team	240	(3)
General Characteristics of Treatment Sessions	243	(2)
Adjusting Treatment Tasks to the Patient	245	(9)
How Clinicians Decide What to Treat	254	(2)
Task Difficulty	256	(1)
Instructions and Feedback	257	(6)
Recording and Charting Patients' Performance	263	(3)
Measuring the Effects of Treatment	266	(5)
Enhancing Generalization from the Clinic to Daily Life	271	(3)
Social Validation	274	(3)
Treatment of Aphasia and Related Disorders	277	(58)
Effectiveness of Treatment for Aphasia	278	(3)
The Timing of Intervention	281	(2)
Candidacy for Treatment	283	(4)
The Focus and Progression of Treatment	287	(1)
The Goals of Treatment	288	(2)
Treatment of Auditory Comprehension	290	(7)
Treatment of Discourse Comprehension	297	(2)
Treatment of Reading Comprehension	299	(11)
Treatment of Speech Production	310	(14)
Group Activities for Aphasic Adults	324	(4)
A Short History of Group Treatment for Aphasic Adults	328	(1)
Efficacy of Group Treatment for Aphasia	329	(6)
Right-Hemisphere Syndrome	335	(48)
Historical Overview	335	(2)
Behavioral and Cognitive Symptoms of Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury	337	(12)
Communicative Impairments Associated with Right-Hemisphere Damage	349	(6)
Tests for Assessing Adults with Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury	355	(11)
Treating Adults with Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury	366	(17)
Traumatic Brain Injury	383	(74)
Incidence and Prevalence of Traumatic Brain Injuries	384	(1)
Risk Factors	385	(1)
Pathophysiology of Traumatic Brain Injury	386	(11)
Prognostic Indicators in Traumatic Brain Injury	397	(14)
Assessing Adults with Traumatic Brain Injury	411	(13)
Language and Communication	424	(3)
Abstract Thinking	427	(1)
Reasoning	428	(1)
Planning and Problem-Solving	429	(1)
Test Batteries Useful in Evaluation of Traumatically-Brain-Injured Adults	430	(3)
Treatment of Traumatically-Brain-Injured Adults	433	(20)
Community Reentry	453	(1)
Working with the Family	454	(3)
Dementia	457	(54)
Defining Dementia	457	(4)
Subcortical Dementia	461	(6)
Mixed Dementia	467	(1)
Cortical Dementia	468	(12)
Identifying Cortical Dementia	480	(2)
Assessment of Patients with Confirmed Dementia	482	(3)
Assessing Language and Communication in Patients with Dementia	485	(3)
Helping Patients and Families Cope with Dementia	488	(3)
Management Issues	491	(7)
Intervention	498	(13)
Motor Speech Disorders	511	(54)
Apraxia of Speech	511	(14)
Dysarthria	525	(40)
Appendix	565	(4)
Glossary	569	(14)
Responses to Thought Questions	583	(26)
Bibliography	609