
Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders: An Integrated Clinical Approach
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Jerry K. Hoepner, Margaret Lehman Blake
Details: 400 pages, Full Color, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"
ISBN13: 978-1-63550-425-5
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Acquired Neurogenic Communication Disorders: An Integrated Clinical Approach provides an overview of acquired neurogenic communication and swallowing disorders for undergraduate courses in Communication Sciences and Disorders programs. Compared to other books on this subject, this text is organized by anatomical systems and locations, not by disorder. The authors aim to teach students about the cognitive, speech, language, and swallowing disorders that occur with damage to neurological systems in a manner that breaks down silos that artificially separate disorders that routinely co-occur. This approach reflects the reality that most individuals with acquired brain injuries have multiple cognitive, communication, and swallowing disorders.
This clinical, systems-based approach will better foster understanding of the effects of acquired damage and degeneration to neurological systems/networks. It includes cases to highlight the incidence and co-occurrence of speech, voice, language, cognitive, and swallowing impairments in real human beings who experience these forms of damage. Cases are also representative of a broad range of racial and cultural characteristics, which highlight both similarities (i.e., that anatomy and physiology is the same, regardless of race) and unique differences among people. Most chapters include clinical cases which integrate commonly co-occurring impairments. The intent is to help readers recognize that disorders like aphasia, dysarthria, dysphagia, and cognitive communication disorders don’t usually occur in isolation but rather together. Many cases include questions to provoke thinking about the overlap between speech, language, cognition, and swallowing.
Key Features
- Videos of individuals with various acquired neurogenic disorders (e.g., aphasia, primary progressive aphasia (PPA), dysarthria, cognitive-communication disorders) and etiologies (e.g., stroke, Parkinson’s disease, traumatic brain injury) completing various speech, language, cognitive, and swallowing tasks. Partners of individuals with PPA were also interviewed.
- Clinical cases based on real clients, embedded into chapters to illustrate specific characteristics of disorders
- Full-color layout and illustrations help students make connections between functions, anatomy, and clinical impairments
- Assessment and Intervention tables summarize common assessments and interventions for speech, language, cognition, and swallowing
- Concept tables include information about subtypes of disorders, components of complex functions, and frameworks
- Boxes with activities and additional information to link the content to everyday experiences for generalization of learning
- Additional pedagogical aids include: chapter outlines, bolded key terms (as well as Latin and Greek origins and meaning), concise chapter summaries, key concepts lists, and numerous references.
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Preface
Acknowledgements
Reviewers
Chapter 1. Systems-Based Clinical Approach
Breaking Down the Silos
Models of Communication Systems
What Is the Value in Models?
Motor/Swallowing
Motor Speech
Language
Dual Stream Models
Putting It All Together
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 2. Overview of Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
Structures and Regions
Frontal Lobes
Parietal Lobes
Temporal Lobes
Occipital Lobes
Insula
Subcortical Regions and Structures
Subcortical White Matter
Subcortical Structures
Brainstem
Cranial Nerves
Cerebellum
Meninges and Ventricles
Blood Supply to the Brain
Neurophysiology
Normal Aging
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 3. Etiologies and Pathophysiology
Etiologies
Stroke
Anoxia and Hypoxia
Tumors
Traumatic Brain Injury
Degenerative Diseases
Dementias
Parkinson’s Disease
Huntington’s Disease
Multiple Sclerosis
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Infectious Diseases
Prevalence Patterns
Brain Imaging
Anatomical/Structural Imaging
Functional Imaging
Concepts for Understanding Effects of Brain Injury
Key Concepts
References
Resources
Chapter 4. Communication, Cognition, and Swallowing
Definitions and Disorders
Speech
Disorders of the Motor System
Motor Speech Disorders
Language
Disorders of Language
Is it Speech? Or Language? Or Both?
Cognition
Attention
Attention of Networks
Disorders of Attention
Memory
Disorders of Memory
Executive Functions
Disorders of Executive Function
Awareness
Disorders of Awareness
Social Cognition
Disorders of Social Cognition
Is it Language? Or Cognition? Or Both?
Swallowing
Disorders of Swallowing
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 5. Foundational Knowledge for Neurorehabilitation
Neural Plasticity
Historical Context
Framing Assessment and Intervention in Neurorehabilitation
Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System (RTSS)
Health Equity, Social Determinant of Health, Cultural/Ethnic Issues
Keeping Up With Terminology
Social Determinants of Health
Access to Care and Healthy Living
Education and Socialization
The Coin Model
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Resources
Chapter 6. Pre-Frontal Lobes
Diseases and Disorders of the Frontal Lobes
Traumatic Brain Injury
Frontotemporal Dementia
Assessment
Frontal Damage Treatment
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Discourse
Cognitive Disorders
Attention
Impairments to Attention
Memory
Executive Functions
Awareness
Swallowing Disorders
Attention/Cognition Related
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 7. Left Hemisphere Perisylvian Region
Diseases and Disorders of the Left Hemisphere
Speech Disorders
Dysarthria
Apraxia of Speech (AOS)
Assessment
Treatment
Primary Progressive Apraxia of Speech (PPAOS)
Language Disorders
Aphasia
Global Aphasia
Mixed Transcortical Aphasia
Non-Fluent Aphasia
Transcortical Motor Aphasia
Fluent Aphasia
Transcortical Sensory Aphasia
Conduction Aphasia
Anomia
Disorders of Reading and Writing
Alexia and Agraphia
Gerstmann Syndrome
Surface Dyslexia/Dysgraphia
Degenerative and Progressive Aphasias
Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA)
Assessment
Intervention
Cognitive Disorders
Attention
Memory
Executive Functions
Anosognosia
Non-Linguistic Cognitive Impairments in Post-Stroke Aphasia
Degenerative and Progressive Cognitive Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Motor/Weakness Related
Sensory Related
Cognition/Attention Related
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 8. Right Hemisphere Perisylvian Region
Diseases and Disorders of the Right Hemisphere
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders: Apragmatism
Linguistic Aspects: Production
Linguistic Aspects: Comprehension
Paralinguistic Aspects: Aprosodia
Extralinguistic Aspects
Assessment of Apragmatism
Treatment of Apragmatism
Linguistic and Extralinguistic Apragmatism
Paralinguistic Apragmatism: Aprosodia
Discourse and pragmatics
Cognitive Disorders
Attention
Unilateral Neglect
Assessment of Unilateral Neglect
Treatment of Unilateral Neglect
Memory
Executive Function
Anosognosia
Social Cognition
Swallowing Disorders
Motor/Weakness Related
Sensory Related
Cognition/Attention Related
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 9. Cortical Posterior Regions
Diseases and Disorders of the Posterior Hemispheres
Visual Pathways
Visual Field Cuts
Visual Processing Disorders
Assessment and Treatment of Visual Disorders
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Cognitive Disorders
Visuoperception
Visuocontruction
Spatial Cognition
Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Disorders
Posterior Damage Syndromes
Swallowing Disorders
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 10. Subcortical Structures
Basal Ganglia
Disorders and Diseases of the Basal Ganglia
Parkinson’s Disease
Huntington’s Disease
Corticobasal Syndrome
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Cognitive Disorders
Executive Function and Awareness
Memory and Attention
Social Cognition
Swallowing Disorders
Thalamus
Functions of the Thalamus
Sensorimotor Functions
Cognition and Emotion
Cortical Arousal
Disorders and Diseases of the Thalamus
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Cognitive Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Key Concepts
References
Other Resources
Chapter 11. Brainstem, Cranial Nerves, and Cerebellum
Overview
Brainstem
Cranial Nerves
Disorders and Diseases of the Brainstem
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Cognitive Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Cerebellum
Disorders and Diseases of the Cerebellum
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Cognitive Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 12. Assessment and Treatment of Cognitive Disorders
Assessment of Cognitive Disorders
Approaches to Assessment
Test Batteries and Participation-Level Assessments
Attention
Executive Function and Awareness
Memory
Social Cognition
Goal Attainment Scales
Treatment of Cognitive Disorders
Approaches to Treatment
Metacognitive Strategy Training
Generalized Attention
Executive Function and Anosognosia
Memory
Social Cognition
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 13. Assessment and Treatment of Dysarthria and Dysphagia
Assessment of Dysarthria and Dysphagia
Dysphagia
Perceptual Assessment
Motor Assessment (Strength and Tone)
Instrumental and Acoustic Assessment
Dysphagia
Dysfunction by Phases of Swallowing
Dysfunction by Underlying Disease Processes
Cranial Nerve Exam
Oral Mechanism Exam
Intervention for Dysarthria
Intervention for Dysphagia
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Chapter 14. Diffuse Brain Damage
Diffuse Etiologies
Traumatic Brain Injuries
Assessment
Intervention
Alzheimer’s Dementia
Assessment
Intervention
Multiple Sclerosis
Prion Diseases
Metastatic Tumors
Speech Disorders
Language Disorders
Social Communication
Cognitive Disorders
Swallowing Disorders
Summary
Key Concepts
References
Resources
Index
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