Motor Speech Disorders

Diagnosis and Treatment

Donald B. Freed (Autor)

Media-Kombination

240 Seiten

1999
Delmar Cengage Learning
978-1-56593-951-6 (ISBN)

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This highly readable and uncomplicated text offers an examination of the basics of motor speech disorders. In its simple, straight-forward style, it provides a review of ancient case reports that seem to involve speech or language disorders; this acts as a historical introduction to the study of motor speech disorders. The text discusses how speech-language pathologists evaluate these disorders. Without producing overwhelming details, the text offers an introduction to the human motor system as well as providing information on six pure dysarthrias, mixed dysarthria, apraxia of speech. All chapters on dyarthria and apraxia contain information on etiology, characteristics, and treatment so the student has all desired information on a given disorder easily accessible. This must-have text concentrates on topics that are most essential for a student's understanding of these disorders. In addition, the accompanying CD-ROM augments the text with real-life case examples of the various motor speech disorders.

Preface. A Brief Historical Review of Motor Speech Disorders. Evaluation of Motor Speech Disorders. The Motor System. Flaccid Dysarthria. Spastic Dysarthria. Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria. Ataxic Dysarthria. Hypokinetic Dysarthria. Hyperkinetic Dysarthria. Mixed Dysarthria. Apraxia of Speech. References. Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	23.12.1999
Zusatzinfo	illustrations
Verlagsort	Clifton Park
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 226 mm
Gewicht	488 g
Themenwelt	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Logopädie
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► HNO-Heilkunde
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
ISBN-10	1-56593-951-4 / 1565939514
ISBN-13	978-1-56593-951-6 / 9781565939516
Zustand	Neuware