Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders A Clinical Perspective

by Papathanasiou, Ilias

• ISBN13: 9781861561114
• ISBN10: 1861561113
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-08-25
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

This work provides a theoretical review, from a clinical perspective, of the nature and management of acquired neurogenic communication disorders and of the therapy such disorders require. The first section concentrates on aphasia and the second on motor speech disorders.

Author Biography

Ilias Papathanasiou is the author of Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders: A Clinical Perspective, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Contributors	ix
Part I: Aphasia and aphasia therapy	1	(100)
Aphasia therapy: a clinical framework	3	(25)
Robert T. Wertz
Recovery of function in aphasia	28	(21)
Ilias Papathanasiou
Renata Whurr
Living with aphasia: a framework for therapy interventions	49	(27)
Sally Byng
Carole Pound
Susie Parr
Cognitive neuropsychology and aphasia therapy: the case of word retrieval	76	(25)
David Howard
Part II: Motor speech disorders	101	(102)
Dysarthria: clinical features, neuroanatomical framework and assessment	103	(46)
Bruce E. Murdoch
Elizabeth C. Ward
Deborah G. Theodoros
Dysarthria: an overview of treatment	149	(24)
Kathryn M. Yorkston
David R. Beukelman
Changing ideas in apraxia of speech	173	(30)
Nicholas Miller
Instrumentation in the assessment and therapy of motor speech disorders: a survey of techniques and case studies with EPG	203
Sara J. Wood
Bill Hardcastle