Title:
A coursebook on aphasia and other neurogenic language disorders / M.N. Hegde.
Main Entry:
Hegde, M. N. (Mahabalagiri N.), 1941-
Publisher:
Thomson/Delmar Learning,
Publication Date:
c2006.
Publication Place:
Australia :
ISBN:
1418037362
Subject:
Aphasia.
Edition:
3rd ed.
Contents:
Aphasia: a historical introduction -- Neuroanatomic and neurophysiologic considerations -- Neurodiagnostic methods and neuropathology of aphasia -- Prevalence, definition, and classification of aphasia -- Etiology and symptomatology of nonfluent aphasias -- Etiology and symptomatology of fluent aphasias -- Atypical aphasias and aphasia in special populations -- Assessment of aphasia -- Treatment of aphasia -- Right hemisphere syndrome -- Assessment and treatment of right hemisphere syndrome -- Traumatic brain injury: causes and consequences -- Assessment and management of traumatic brain injury -- Dementia of the Alzheimer's type -- Other forms of dementia -- Assessment and management of patients with dementia.
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