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The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, Second Edition

Author(s): Dennis C. Tanner, PhD
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  • ISBN-13: 9780763751050
  • ISBN-10:0763751057
  • Paperback    295 pages      © 2008
Price: International Sales $67.95 US List
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Overview

During the past ten years, scientists and clinicians have concluded that while speech and language therapies are beneficial in the treatment of stroke-related communication disorders, the psychological support provided by friends, family members, and therapists is of the utmost value. The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, Second Edition is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families. Through non-technical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke.

 

The Second Edition includes:

  • Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia
  • A new chapter: Profiles in Recovery
  • Updated information about the "big three" stroke-related communication disorders: aphasia, apraxia of speech, and the dysarthrias
  • Improved illustrations of the brain
  • A poem: "The Silent Tongue (aphasia)" by Kathleen Gerety, RN
  • The Aphasic Patient's Bill of Rights
  • Glossary

 

 

 

 

 

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Preface

Murphy's Inner World of Aphasia: A Short Story


 

Chapter 1: Stroke and the Ability to Communicate

Chapter 2: Loss of Language

Chapter 3: Motor Speech Disorders

Chapter 4: Complications

Chapter 5: Loss of Awareness

Chapter 6: Thinking Without Language

Chapter 7: Depression and the Stroke Survivor

Chapter 8: Anxiety and the Stroke Survivor

Chapter 9: Maintaining Relationships

Chapter 10: Accepting Unwanted Change

Chapter 11: Speech and Language Rehabilitation

Chapter 12: Questions and Answers

Chapter 13: Profiles in Recovery


Resources

Aphasia Support Group Resources

Aphasia Support Groups and Associations

Glossary

Index

 


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ShowAbout the Author(s)

Dennis C. Tanner, PhD

Dennis C. Tanner received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Audiology and Speech Sciences with a minor in Psychiatry from Michigan State University.  Dr. Tanner has published papers on the psychology of neurogenic communication disorders have addressed loss, grief, chronic depression, nursing considerations, culture care issues, loss of verbal coping skills, and disorientation in brain injured persons. Tanner has presented two mini-courses on the psychology of aphasia and related disorders at conventions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has been named Outstanding Educator by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions.  Dr. Tanner serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving patients with communication and swallowing disorders and is currently Professor of Health Sciences at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. 


 

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