Overview

A comprehensive textbook on the neurological bases of human communication, this book includes a substantive overview of speech, cognitive-linguistic, and auditory systems. A range of topics are covered that influence human communication and, subsequently, communication disorders, due to a breakdown within certain neurological substrates involving the Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS). Logically organized the content covers topics ranging from: basic overview of terminology used in neurology and communication disorders; neuro-embryology and neuro-developmental mechanisms and milestones; teratogens affecting communication; neuroanatomy and neurophysiology especially of the speech, cognitive-linguistic, and hearing mechanisms; the somatosensory system; the motor system at cortical Upper Motor Neuron levels, subcortical, cerebellar, brainstem and other Lower Motor Neuron systems; the limbic system; special sensory systems such as hearing and vision, to name some. Neurological Bases of Speech, Language and Hearing provides a comprehensive review of the underlying neurological substrates and neuropathologies that affect communication processes. A problem-based approach is utilized to assist individuals in learning the material as well as developing critical thinking skills needed to differentially diagnosis various communication disorders and neuropathologies.

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Neurogenics
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Textbooks
Audience Level: Textbook - Desk Copy

• Basic overview of terminology used in neurology and communication disorders
  • Points of axis
  • Levels of neurological organization
  • Categories of systems
  • Categories of neuropathologies
• Neuro-embryological development and neuro-developmental mechanisms
  • Neurodevelopmental milestones
  • The role of primitive, developmental and acquired reflexes
  • Genetic abnormalities and teratogens that affect communication
  • Clinical symptomatology of neurodevelopmental disorders
  • The aging of neurological mechanisms in humans
• Gross and internal neuroanatomy and neurophysiology
  • Basic human neurological structures and substrates
  • Neurological structures underlying speech
  • Cognitive-linguistic, and hearing mechanisms
  • Basic neuropathologies of the various neuroanatomical regions
• The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)
  • Basic functions
  • Neuropathologies of the ANS
• The somatosensory system
  • Sensors and receptor organs
  • The two major sensory systems (Anterolateral versus Dorsal Column Medial Lemniscal Systems)
  • Epicritic and protopathic systems and mechanisms
  • Neuropathologies of the somatosensory systems
• The visual sensory system
  Neuropathologies of vision
• The auditory system
  Neuropathologies of hearing
• The motor system
  • Cortical level (Upper Motor Neuron systems), subcortical level (Basal ganglia and related structures), cerebellar, brainstem and other Lower Motor Neuron systems
  • The limbic systems
  • Special sensory systems
• Diagnostic instrumentation utilized for the diagnosis of neurological disorders and neurologically based communication disorders

About The Author

Mary Andrianopolous, PhD

Dr. Mary Andrianopoulos is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.