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 Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Get the tools you need to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients with neurogenic communication disorders! Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders, 8th Edition provides a solid foundation in the neurology of communication, as well as the causes, symptoms, diagnosis, assessment, and management of commonly encountered neurogenic communication disorders in adults. A concise, evidence-based approach shows how to measure and treat abnormalities such as aphasia, dysarthria, right-hemisphere syndrome, and traumatic brain injury syndrome. This edition is updated with new coverage of laboratory tests, blast-related injuries to the head, and medications for dementia. Created by neurogenic communication disorders educator Robert H. Brookshire and continued by Malcolm R. McNeil, this bestselling text will enhance your skills in the rehabilitation of clients with neurogenic communication disorders.

Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders 8th Table of contents:

Chapter 1: Neuroanatomy of the Nervous System
Central Nervous System
Peripheral Nervous System
Central Nervous System Functional Anatomy
The Motor System
Thought Questions
Chapter 2: Neurologic Assessment
The Interview and Physical Examination
The Neurologic Examination
Laboratory Tests
Recording the Results of the Neurologic Examination
Thought Questions
Chapter 3: Assessing Adults Who Have Neurogenic Cognitive-Communicative Disorders
The Process of Assessment and Diagnosis
Sources of Information About the Patient
Interviewing the Patient
Testing the Patient
Efficacy and Effectiveness
Impairment, Disability, and Handicap
Thought Questions
Chapter 4: Assessing Cognition
Attention
Memory
Executive Function
Conclusions
Thought Questions
Chapter 5: Assessing Language
Screening Tests of Language
Comprehensive Language Tests
Auditory Comprehension
Reading
Speech Production
Written Expression
Language Pragmatics
Standardized Aphasia Tests
Thought Questions
Chapter 6: Assessing Functional Communication and Quality of Life
Functional Communication
Quality of Life
Thought Questions
Chapter 7: The Context for Treatment of Cognitive-Communicative Disorders
The Treatment Team
Candidacy for Treatment
How Clinicians Decide What to Treat
General Characteristics of Intervention
Adjusting Treatment to the Patient
Instructions and Feedback
Recording and Charting Patients’ Performance
Measuring the Effects of Treatment
Enhancing Generalization
Social Validation
Conclusion
Thought Questions
Chapter 8: Neuropathologic and Neuroanatomic Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders
Neuropathology
Neuoranatomic Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders
How the Brain Performs Language
Patterns of Language Impairment
Related Disorders
Apraxia
Agnosia
Limitations of Connectionist Explanations of Aphasia and Related Disorders
The Explanatory Power of Connectionist Models
Thought Questions
Chapter 9: Treatment of Aphasia and Related Disorders
Process-Oriented Treatment
Functional and Social Approaches to Intervention
Group Treatment for Aphasic Adults
Thought Questions
Chapter 10: Right-Hemisphere Syndrome
Historical Overview
Behavioral and Cognitive Symptoms of Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury
Communicative Impairments Associated with Right-Hemisphere Injury
Tests for Assessing Adults with Right-Hemisphere Brain Injury
Intervention
Thought Questions
Chapter 11: Traumatic Brain Injury
Incidence and Prevalence of traumatic Brain Injuries
Risk Factors
Pathophysiology of traumatic Brain Injury
Prognostic Indicators in traumatic Brain Injury
Behavioral and cognitive Recovery
Assessing Adults with traumatic Brain Injuries
Intervention
Group Treatment
Community Integration
Working with the Family
Thought Questions
Chapter 12: Dementia
Subcortical Dementia
Cortical Dementia
Mixed Dementia
Other Causes of Dementia
Occasional Causes of Dementia
Pseudodementia
Delirium and Dementia
Neurologic Conditions that May Produce Dementia-Like Signs
Identifying Dementia
Assessment of Persons with Dementia
Helping People Cope with Dementia
Management Issues
Intervention
Thought Questions
Chapter 13: Motor Spech Disorders
Apraxia of Speech
Testing for Apraxia of Speech
Index

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