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-This excellent new edition of a highly respected text provides clear, essential information on aphasia and other neurogenic language disorders in a user-friendly format. Organized in the coursebook format, pages are divided into columns with written information side by side with space for notes, allowing you to keep all your information in one, easy to access location. Thorough revisions reflect recent developments in the field including expanded information on dementia, traumatic brain injury, and right hemisphere syndrome. Current and clinically relevant, additional information on the study, assessment, and treatment of language disorders associated with neurologic problems has been included making this an essential and practical resource.
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-PART I: APHASIA
Chapter 1: Aphasia: A Historical Introduction
Chapter 2: Neurophysical Considerations
Chapter 3: Neurodiagnostic Methods and Neuropathology of Aphasia
Chapter 4: Prevalence, Definition, and Classification of Aphasia
Chapter 5: Etiology and Symptomatology of Nonfluent Aphasias
Chapter 6: Etiology and Symptomatology of Fluent Aphasias
Chapter 7: Atypical Aphasias and Aphasia in Selected Populations
Chapter 8: Assessment of Aphasia
Chapter 9: Treatment of Aphasia
PART II: RIGHT HEMISPHERE SYNDROME
Chapter 10: Right Hemisphere Syndrome
Chapter 11: Assessment and Treatment of Right Hemisphere Syndrome
PART III: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
Chapter 12: Traumatic Brain Injury: Causes and Consequences
Chapter 13: Assessment and Management of Traumatic Brain Injury
PART IV: DEMENTIA
Chapter 14: Dementia of the Alzheimer’s Type
Chapter 15: Other Forms of Dementia
Chapter 16: Assessment and Management of Patients with Dementia
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