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LaPointe, Leonard L.

Brain-based communication disorders / Leonard L. LaPointe, Bruce E. Murdoch, Julie A.G. Stierwalt. - San Diego : Plural Pub., c2010. - xi, 279 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

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.

ISBN: 9781597561945 (alk. paper) 1597561940 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010006211

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Communicative disorders.
Brain damage.
Communication Disorders.
Central Nervous System Diseases--complications.

LC Class. No.: RC423 / .L3397 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 616.855 2 LAP

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WL 340.2 / L315b 2010