A survey of adult aphasia and related language disorders
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A survey of adult aphasia and related language disorders
Prentice Hall, c1993
2nd ed
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Rev. ed. of: A survey of adult aphasia / G. Albyn Davis. c1983
Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-364) and indexes
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A comprehensive and scholarly coverage of theory, research, assessment and rehabilitation pertaining to aphasia in adults and other language disorders related to right hemisphere dysfunction and closed head injury. The book brings clinical topics such as inferential diagnosis into line with current thinking in psycholinguistics and cognitive neuropsychology. This new edition features expanded coverage of speech-language pathology to include neuropathologies and discourse impairments and there are new chapters on cognitive foundation and the study of syndromes and dementias.
Table of Contents
- Introduction to aphasia and related disorders
- focal etiology and localization of dysfunction
- cognitive foundations of language functions
- investigation of aphasia
- the syndromes of aphasia
- multifocal neuropathologies and disorders
- right hemisphere systems and dysfunction
- pragmatics and discourse
- comprehensive tests for aphasia
- supplemental tests and measures
- recovery, prognosis and efficacy of treatment
- principles of language treatment
- implementation of language treatment.
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