| Aphasia: A Clinical Perspective Contributor(s): Benson, D. Frank (Author), Ardila, Alfredo (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195089340 ISBN-13: 9780195089349 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $118.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 1996 Annotation: An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical approaches: the neurological and the neuropsychological. Although they stress the clinical aspects of aphasia syndromes, they also review assessment techniques, linguistic analyses, problems of aphasia classification, and frequently occurring related disorders such as alexia, agraphia, alcalculia, and anomia. In addition, they examine commonly encountered speech disorders, neurobehavioral and psychiatric problems commonly associated with aphasia, and the language characteristics of aging and dementia. Rehabilitation and recovery are discussed, and a neural basis for aphasia and related problems is proposed. Neuropsychologists, neurologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and occupational therapists will find this book invaluable when dealing with language disorders resulting from brain disease or injury. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Reference - Psychology | Neuropsychology - Medical | Neurology |
| Dewey: 616.855 |
| LCCN: 95031243 |
| Physical Information: 1.24" H x 6.47" W x 9.49" (1.73 lbs) 456 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical approaches: the neurological and the neuropsychological. Although they stress the clinical aspects of aphasia syndromes, they also review assessment techniques, linguistic analyses, problems of aphasia classification, and frequently occurring related disorders such as alexia, agraphia, alcalculia, and anomia. In addition, they examine commonly encountered speech disorders, neurobehavioral and psychiatric problems commonly associated with aphasia, and the language characteristics of aging and dementia. Rehabilitation and recovery are discussed, and a neural basis for aphasia and related problems is proposed. Neuropsychologists, neurologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and occupational therapists will find this book invaluable when dealing with language disorders resulting from brain disease or injury. |