Speech and Language Disorders Associated with Subcortical Pathology - Couverture souple

Murdoch, Bruce E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0470025735 ISBN 13 : 9780470025734

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2009

Synopsis

This book provides comprehensive coverage of speech and languagedisorders arising from pathological processes involving thesubcortical structures of the brain. It gives an understanding ofthese disorders in terms of their neuropathological basis, clinicalsymptomatology and prognosis. A full discussion of contemporarymodels and theories of subcortical participation in speech andlanguage processing is given, including discussion of the possibleroles of structures such as the basal ganglia, subthalamic nucleus,thalamus and cerebellum.

The book covers speech and language disorders associated with avariety of subcortical conditions, ranging from major degenerativeconditions such as Parkinsons Disease, Huntington schorea and dystonia, through to acquired non–degenerativesubcortical lesions arising from, for example, cerebrovascularaccidents and sterotactic surgically induced lesions. In addition,a full description of the relevant assessment and treatmentprocedures currently recommended for use for each of thesubcortical communication disorders is given.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Professor Bruce E Murdoch, Director, Motor Speech Research Centre and Head, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Bruce's research interests are in physiological assessment and treatment of adult and child motor speech disorders including CVA, head injury, multiple sclerosis, brain tumour and Parkinson's disease; subcortical aphasia; language disorders in traumatic brain injury; speech and language disorders in childhood cancer. He is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, and on the editorial boards of several other major publications. He is the Foundation President of the, Asia Pacific Society for the Study of Speech, Language and Hearing, and Vice-President, International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

Dr Brooke-Mai Whelan, Research Fellow, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Brooke-Mai's expertise is in brain injury rehabilitation. She has published many papers in peer-reviewed journals, such as the International Journal of Neuroscience, and contributed chapters to many edited works.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0470025735
• ISBN 13: 9780470025734
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 292
• Éditeur: Whelan Brooke-Mai
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible