This book presents a collection of cutting edge work from leading researchers and clinicians around the world on a range of topics within Clinical Aphasiology. However, more than this, the volume is also a tribute to Chris Code, one of the foremost scholars in the field. Professor Code has made a galvanizing impact on the field: as a savant, a motivator and an impresario of trends which have resulted in several significant developments in the field. In the first chapter of this book the editors outline the considerable contributions Chris Code has made to the area. The remaining contents have been divided into three main approaches to the study of aphasia, reflecting Professor Code’s own interests. First are the contributions that fall under the heading of Conceptual Considerations. These are mainly interdisciplinary in nature, spanning linguistics, phonetics, psychology and neurology, as well as social aspects of communication disorders. The second section of the book deals with Research Considerations, with chapters ranging from how the study of disrupted communication can inform models of normal language processing, through tone production and processing in speakers with aphasia, to anomia and progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy. Each of these chapters explores different aspects of research methodology, including quantitative and qualitative research. The final section of the collection deals with Clinical Considerations; the chapters here cover counselling, computerized training, cultural and linguistic diversity in aphasia, right hemisphere disorders, and communication problems in the dementias. Clinical Aphasiology will be an invaluable tool for both students and practitioners in speech and language pathology, psychology, neurology, and related fields.
Author(s): Ball Damico
Edition: 1
Year: 2007
Language: English
Pages: 372
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Professor Chris Code’s publications and presentations......Page 11
Tabula gratulatoria......Page 21
Contributors......Page 24
Preface......Page 27
1 Chris Code’s contribution to aphasiology......Page 30
Part I: Conceptual considerations......Page 44
2 Investigations in speech and language and related disorders: Crossing the boundaries between disciplines—a tribute to Chris Code......Page 46
3 Independent evidence for the unification of explanatory paradigms in the neurosciences......Page 57
4 The social and neuropsychological underpinnings of communication disorders after severe traumatic brain injury......Page 71
5 Social validation of recovery in aphasia......Page 101
6 Interactional aphasia: Principles and practices oriented to social intervention......Page 121
Part II: Research considerations......Page 134
7 From the study of language dysfunction and handicap to a better understanding of linguistic processing in normality......Page 136
8 Production and perception of word tones in patients with brain damage......Page 154
9 Subcortical aphasia: Historical perspective and contemporary thinking......Page 165
10 Mechanisms of lexical selection and the anomias......Page 185
11 Repetitive verbal behaviours in PML: An exploratory study of conversation......Page 197
12 Multiparty interactions in aphasia......Page 210
13 Stroke stories: Conveying emotive experiences in aphasia......Page 224
Part III: Clinical considerations......Page 240
14 Counseling families and adults with speech and language disorders: The view from a wellness perspective......Page 242
15 Cultural dimensions of aphasia: Adding diversity and flexibility to the equation......Page 251
16 Assessment of aphasia in a multi-lingual world......Page 274
17 Computerized aphasia treatment outcomes research: The past and a proposal......Page 288
18 Traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: Advanced communication training perspectives......Page 299
19 The future of our knowledge about communication impairments following a right-hemisphere lesion......Page 313
20 Progressive language and speech disorders in dementia......Page 328
Author index......Page 354
Subject index......Page 368
