A coursebook on aphasia and other neurogenic language disorders /
M.N. Hegde.
- 3rd ed.
- Clifton Park, N.Y. : Thomson Delmar Learning, 2006.
- xi, 546 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-534).
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.