Kategoria BISAC: Medical >> Audiology & Speech Pathology

La ricerca neuropsicologica degli ultimi trenta anni ci ha fornito molte nuove informazioni sulla rappresentazione delle competenze semantiche nel cervello e sugli effetti di una loro compromissione conseguente a un danno cerebrale. Tali effetti si manifestano non solo nella capacita del soggetto di utilizzare il linguaggio ma anche in numerose attivita intelligenti extraverbali come l interazione con oggetti di uso quotidiano. Conoscere il funzionamento fisiologico e la compromissione patologica della memoria semantica ci ha messo in grado di costruire alcuni esercizi riabilitativi mirati...

La pubblicazione del Core Competence e Core Curriculum del Logopedista, promossa dalla Federazione Logopedisti Italiani, rappresenta un traguardo importante per delineare l identita culturale e l insieme dei valori che definiscono la mission e le competenze professionali del Logopedista. Tali competenze riguardano le conoscenze che deve possedere, le abilita e i comportamenti che influenzano il suo agire professionale.

Il volume e frutto della collaborazione di un gruppo di esperti con interesse specifico sulla Formazione e che hanno declinato, nei vari capitoli, le caratteristiche...

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The book covers both the assessment of people with acquired communication impairments as well as reviewing the available interventional approaches. Chapters cover such key topics as approaches to the assessment of anxiety and depression, the impact of brain injury, the role of an assessment of mood and the...

This volume is the first to deal with Turkish communicative development and disorders, reflecting the use of Turkish by a sizeable population in multilingual settings in Europe, USA, and Australia. In addition to Speech-language Pathologists, the book will be of interest to professionals from related fields such as clinical linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, audiology, and special education. This book presents a compendium of information about the profession of speech-language pathology, cultural differences, assessment materials and research done in...

In this volume, the communicative and neuropsychological correlates of daily interactions are discussed. The predominant account on explaining the construction of meaning by humans is the inter-relational perspective, that postulates an intentional convergence of meaning arising as a consequence of the active exchanges between people. The neural correlates of communication were illustrated in the light of new empirical results, considering the main topics of: a) language and language development; b) pragmatics and neuropragmatics of communication; c) neurocognition and the cognitive bases...

Temporal Bone Imaging is a case-based review of the current techniques for imaging the various temporal bone pathologies frequently encountered in the clinical setting. Detailed discussion of anatomy provides essential background on the complex structure of the temporal bone, as well as the external auditory canal, middle ear and mastoid air cells, facial nerve, and inner ear. Chapters are divided into separate sections based on the anatomic location of the problem, with each chapter addressing a different disease entity.

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Increasingly, speech-language pathologists have been working with
individuals who have tracheostomy and/or ventilator dependency. This new book
covers all the basic science and clinical concepts that speech-language
pathologists need to know to effectively manage these patients.

You'll find
expert discussions of a full range of topics: tracheostomy tubes &
mechanical ventilators; complications associated with tracheostomy; ethical
issues; speaking & swallowing options; and more Plus, unique to this book,
you'll find pulmonary and critical care topics...

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