LaPointe, Leonard L.,

Brain-based communication disorders / Leonard L. LaPointe, Bruce E. Murdoch, Julie A.G. Stierwalt. - 1 online resource (292 pages) : illustrations (some color)

"Videos included"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781597567046 (e-book)


Communicative disorders.
Brain damage.


Electronic books.

RC423 / .L3397 2010eb

616.8