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.