| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 279 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Neurological basis of speech and language -- Basic anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism -- Neurological causes of communcation disorders -- Aphasia -- Non-focal brain damage : communication disorders and a world of other problems -- Right hemisphere syndrome -- Acquired aphasia in childhood -- Motor speech disorders in adults : dysarthrias and apraxia of speech -- Motor speech disorders in childhood -- Acquired neurological swallowing disorders in children and adults -- Principles of assessment of child and adult neurological speech-language disorders -- Principles of treatment for neurological communication disorders. |
| Summary |
Introduces the reader to the major clinically recognized types of acquired speech/language, cognitive, and swallowing disorders encountered by clinicians working with child and adult neurological cases. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communicative disorders.
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Communicative disorders. |
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Brain damage.
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Brain damage. |
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Communication Disorders. |
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Central Nervous System Diseases -- complications. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Murdoch, B. E., 1950- author.
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Stierwalt, Julie A.G., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: LaPointe, Leonard L. Brain-based communication disorders 9781597561945 (DLC) 2010006211 (OCoLC)520440848 |
| ISBN |
9781597567046 (electronic book) |
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1597567043 (electronic book) |
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9781597561945 |
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1597561940 |
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