Aphasia: A Clinical Perspective / Edition 1

by D. Frank Benson, Alfredo Ardila

Overview

An up-to-date, integrated analysis of the language disturbances associated with brain pathology, this book examines the different types of aphasia combining two clinical approaches: the neurological and the neuropsychological. Although they stress the clinical aspects of aphasia syndromes, they also review assessment techniques, linguistic analyses, problems of aphasia classification, and frequently occurring related disorders such as alexia, agraphia, alcalculia, and anomia. In addition, they examine commonly encountered speech disorders, neurobehavioral and psychiatric problems commonly associated with aphasia, and the language characteristics of aging and dementia. Rehabilitation and recovery are discussed, and a neural basis for aphasia and related problems is proposed. Neuropsychologists, neurologists, speech therapists, psychiatrists, and occupational therapists will find this book invaluable when dealing with language disorders resulting from brain disease or injury.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780195089349
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	02/29/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	456
Product dimensions:	9.49(w) x 6.47(h) x 1.24(d)

About the Author

D. Frank Benson, M.D., is Augustus S. Rose Professor Emeritus of Neurology at University of California at Los Angeles.
Alfredo Ardila, Ph.D., is Coordinator of the Neuropsychology Program at Miami Institute of Psychology.

Table of Contents

I. Basic Considerations1. What is Aphasia? 2. Historical Background3. Variations within Aphasia4. Linguistic Analyses in Aphasia5. Brain Damage in Aphasia6. Assessment of AphasiaII. Syndromology7. Classifications of Aphasia8. Perisylvan Aphasic Syndromes9. Extrasylvan (Transcortical) Aphasic Syndromes10. Subcortical Speech and Language Syndromes11. Alexia12. Agraphia13. Acalculia14. Anomia15. Neural Basis of Language FunctionsIII. Related Disorders16. Speech Disorders17. Associated Neurologic and Behavioral Problems18. Communication Disturbances in Aging and Dementia19. Psychiatric Aspects of AphasiaIV. Rehabilitation20. Recovery from Aphasia21. Management and Rehabilitation of Aphasia

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Barbaranne J. Benjamin, PhD (University of Toledo)
Description: This new book provides a comprehensive description of aphasia from a clinical perspective utilizing a classical locationist theory. Coverage extends from historical antecedents through recent advances in neuroimaging. The book uses the organizational categorization of basic considerations, symptomatology, related disorders, and rehabilitation to describe this complex and evolving field.
Purpose: The purpose is to describe and integrate the clinical neuroanatomical and neuropsychological approaches developed by the Boston and the Russian schools of aphasiology. Advances in neurolinguists, neuroimaging, and assessment have been related to the clinical approach.
Audience: The authors, respected authorities in the field of aphasia for more than 25 years, have written a book for neurophysiologists, academics, and speech-language pathologists. This text will provide the interested professional with an excellent reference for understanding the neuroanatomy and symptomatology of aphasia and related disorders.
Features: The book, written in a clear and understandable style, is enhanced by explanatory tables and neuroimaging illustrations which support the textual material. An extensive bibliography is provided to document the research integrated and cited in this volume.
Assessment: This book provides a well-documented explanation of the relationship of changes in neuroanatomy and physiology to changes in neuropsychological behaviors including language. The text is clearly written with excellent illustrative material. Although the exploration of classification and symptomatology of aphasia and related disorders from a clinical perspective is comprehensive, the coverage of rehabilitation is minimal, with only 10 pages of the 441-page text devoted to therapy. This disappointment is ameliorated by the usefulness of the extensive clinical descriptions and explanations that provide the basis for the development of therapeutic strategies and approaches.

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5 Stars! from Doody

This new book provides a comprehensive description of aphasia from a clinical perspective utilizing a classical locationist theory. Coverage extends from historical antecedents through recent advances in neuroimaging. The book uses the organizational categorization of basic considerations, symptomatology, related disorders, and rehabilitation to describe this complex and evolving field. "The purpose is to describe and integrate the clinical neuroanatomical and neuropsychological approaches developed by the Boston and the Russian schools of aphasiology. Advances in neurolinguists, neuroimaging, and assessment have been related to the clinical approach. "The authors, respected authorities in the field of aphasia for more than 25 years, have written a book for neurophysiologists, academics, and speech-language pathologists. This text will provide the interested professional with an excellent reference for understanding the neuroanatomy and symptomatology of aphasia and related disorders. "The book, written in a clear and understandable style, is enhanced by explanatory tables and neuroimaging illustrations which support the textual material. An extensive bibliography is provided to document the research integrated and cited in this volume. "This book provides a well-documented explanation of the relationship of changes in neuroanatomy and physiology to changes in neuropsychological behaviors including language. The text is clearly written with excellent illustrative material. Although the exploration of classification and symptomatology of aphasia and related disorders from a clinical perspective is comprehensive, the coverage of rehabilitation is minimal, with only 10 pages of the441-page text devoted to therapy. This disappointment is ameliorated by the usefulness of the extensive clinical descriptions and explanations that provide the basis for the development of therapeutic strategies and approaches.

Barbaranne J. Benjamin