Description

Brain-Based Communication and Swallowing Disorders introduces the reader to the major clinically recognised types of acquired speech/language disorders encountered by clinicians working with child and adult neurological cases. The text provides a base level understanding of these disorders in terms of their neuropathological basis, clinical symptomatology, and prognosis. Basic anatomy and physiology of the speech production apparatus is introduced, as well as the neural mechanisms controlling speech and language functions. In addition to the more traditional acquired speech/language disorders associated with disorders of the nervous system, coverage of communicative impairments arising from traumatic brain injury and degenerative disorders of the central nervous system is also provided. The reader is also introduced to the principles that govern the assessment and the treatment of acquired neurological speech/language disorders in adults. No other book on the market provides a first year level coverage of the range of acquired neurological speech/language disorders like Brain-Based Communication and Swallowing Disorders.