Acquired Neurological Speech/Language Disorders in Childhood

ISBN-13: 9781138453838 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017

Bruce E Murdoch

Opis

This book discusses the demonstrable presence of a cerebral insult and explains subjects where the lesion occurred both before and after language development. It is helpful for undergraduates, postgraduates, clinicians and researchers in psychology, speech pathology and medicine.

Spis treści

1. Acquired Childhood Aphasia: Neuropathology, Linguistic Characteristics and Prognosis 2. Acquired Childhood Aphasia: Assessment and Treatment 3. Speech and Language Disorders following Childhood Closed Head Injury 4. Communicative Disorders in Childhood Infectious Diseases 5. Linguistic Status following Acute Cerebral Anoxia in Children 6. Linguistic Problems Associated with Childhood Metabolic Disorders 7. Communicative Impairments in Neural Tube Disorders 8. Speech and Language Disorders in Childhood Brain Tumours 9. Effect of CNS Prophylaxis on Speech and Language Function in Children 10. Acquired Childhood Speech Disorders: Dysarthria and Dyspraxia

O autorze

Bruce E Murdoch