Language Case Files in Neurological Disorders

This book brings greater attention to adult-onset neurological disorders little examined in existing speech-language pathology scholarship, featuring case studies of ten individuals with acquired brain injury in the presence of a complex neurological disorder.

List of contents

Acknowledgements
Introduction
Case study 1: Corticobasal degeneration
Case study 2: Progressive supranuclear palsy
Case study 3: Huntington’s disease
Case study 4: Lewy body disease
Case study 5: Multiple sclerosis
Case study 6: Parkinson’s disease
Case study 7: Motor neuron disease
Case study 8: Alcohol-related brain damage
Case study 9: Covid-19 infection
Case study 10: Guillain-Barré syndrome
Conclusion
Glossary
Appendix
Index

About the author

Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests within the field of speech-language pathology are pragmatic disorders, and language impairment in neurodegenerative disorders. In 2020, she published the volume Language in Dementia.

Summary

This book brings greater attention to adult-onset neurological disorders little examined in existing speech-language pathology scholarship, featuring case studies of ten individuals with acquired brain injury in the presence of a complex neurological disorder.

Product details

• Authors: Louise Cummings, Louise (Liverpool University Cummings, Louise (The Hong Kong Polytechnic Univer Cummings, Louise (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University) Cummings, Cummings Louise
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2021
• EAN: 9780367721282
• ISBN: 978-0-367-72128-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Routledge Research in Speech-Language Pathology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Linguistics, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Neuropsychology, MEDICAL / Audiology & Speech Pathology, PSYCHOLOGY / Physiological Psychology, Physiological & neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Physiological and neuro-psychology, biopsychology, Speech and language disorders and therapy, Speech & language disorders & therapy