Aphasia and Related Cognitive-Communicative Disorders
Aphasia and Related Cognitive-Communicative Disorders
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Aphasia and Related Cognitive-Communicative Disorders by G Albyn Davis
KEY BENEFIT: Gives graduate students and those pursuing a clinical career in adult language disorders a comprehensive, up-to-date look at theory and practice in a balanced treatment of impairment-based and communication-based disorders. KEY TOPICS: Understanding acquired language disorders; neurological and medical considerations; investigating language impairments, communication, and participation; clinical assessment and diagnosis; supplemental and functional assessments; recovery and prognosis; treatments and specialized treatments for impairments; functional rehabilitation and participation; right hemisphere disorders; traumatic brain injury; dementias and progressive aphasias SPECIAL TOPICS: Therapeutic software and other technologies, levels of evidence, neuroplasticity, new medical treatments, quality of life, and primary progressive aphasia MARKET: Graduate students and those pursuing a clinical career in adult language disorders
Albyn Davis received his B.A. from Stanford University and his Ph.D. from Ohio University, both in the field of Communication Disorders. After three years as a speech-language pathologist at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in Pittsburgh, he taught for nine years at the University of Memphis and 23 years at the University of Massachusetts where he retired as professor emeritus in 2007. Currently he is an adjunct professor at New York University, teaching Language Disorders in Adults. Dr. Davis co-developed the PACE therapy procedure for aphasia. He has investigated clinical interactions and discourse production, and his most recent research delved into psycholinguistic processing by people with aphasia. He has published a series of texts on adult language disorders. He chaired the Clinical Aphasiology Conference and was an associate editor of the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research. He is currently on the Board of Directors for the National Aphasia Association and is a consultant for the Adler Aphasia Center.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780132614351 |
| ISBN 10 | 0132614359 |
| Titre | Aphasia and Related Cognitive-Communicative Disorders |
| Auteur | G Albyn Davis |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Pearson Education (US) |
| Année de publication | 2013-10-14 |
| Nombre de pages | 432 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |