Exploring the Psychology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Exploring the Psychology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders
Author: Dennis C. Tanner
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 357
Release: 2010-06-15
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1450213782

Exploring the Psychology, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Neurogenic Communication Disorders is written for those seeking an advanced examination of these oftentimes devastating disorders. Whether the reader is a student, clinician, or a family member of the patient, this book provides current, relevant, and important information about aphasia, apraxia of speech, dysarthria, and the communication disorders associated with traumatic brain injury. This text also examines important psychological aspects of these disorders including depression, anxiety, psychosis, loss, grief, and impaired psychological defense mechanisms and coping styles which occur in many patients. This book is the culmination of more than three decades of research, teaching, and clinical management of neurogenic communication disorders. Neurogenic communication disorders are often controversial clinical entities, sometimes passionate topics of discussion, and never unimportant to students, scientists, clinicians, and family members of the patient. By bringing together the important scientific and clinical issues in one text, the reader will be stimulated, educated, and enlightened about these communication disorders which can have dramatic effects on quality of life for patients and their families.

Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders
Author: Dennis Tanner
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2024-06-01
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1040136494

The discipline of communication sciences and disorders is an exciting field that appreciates the wonders and complexities of human communication. Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Second Edition is an informative and relevant text that addresses the myriad disorders, deficits, diseases, and disabilities that can lay waste to the incredible systems involved in communication. Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Second Edition by Dr. Dennis Tanner provides engaging factual and historical information about each of the major communication disorders. The case studies presented in each chapter uncover the functional barriers encountered by clients of practicing speech-language pathologists and audiologists. Each chapter provides a scholarly overview of a communication disorder with an emphasis on etiology, diagnosis, and treatment and uses several case studies to illustrate the many different presentations of each disorder. Over 50 case studies reflect true clinical practice and include detailed patient histories that give humanity and depth to the patient-clinician relationship. Chapter Topics in the Second Edition Include: Language delays and disorders Articulation and phonology disorders Stuttering Voice and resonance disorders Aphasia Motor speech disorders Dysphagia Traumatic brain injury Hearing loss and deafness Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders, Second Edition is a relevant and readable text for speech-language pathology and audiology students and clinicians that takes theory and clinical reasoning and applies them to a variety of interesting cases.

Simply Amazing: Communication Sciences and Disorders

Simply Amazing: Communication Sciences and Disorders
Author: Dennis C. Tanner, Ph.D.
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1491724242

The ability to communicate is amazing. No other human ability is so complicated, so sophisticated, so important to civilization-and yet so taken for granted. How tragic would life be without the marvelous ability to communicate? In Simply Amazing: Communication Sciences and Disorders, Dr. Dennis C. Tanner explores the stages of the communication chain and examines the act of speech communication from the speaker's thoughts to the listener's understanding of them. Relying on more than forty years of experience studying, teaching, researching, and providing clinical services in the communication sciences discipline, Tanner provides a frank and informative discussion about the subject, including both conventional and offbeat theories of human communication, unique and sometimes bizarre disorders, and intriguing patients. Through anecdotes, examples, illustrations, case studies, and personal asides of the amazing human ability to communicate-as well as the myriad disorders, defects, delays, and disabilities that can lay waste to it-Simply Amazing: Communication Sciences and Disorders provides keen insight into the world of communication.

Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner

Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner
Author: Leslie Neal-Boylan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 432
Release: 2011-11-28
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1118277856

Clinical Case Studies for the Family Nurse Practitioner is a key resource for advanced practice nurses and graduate students seeking to test their skills in assessing, diagnosing, and managing cases in family and primary care. Composed of more than 70 cases ranging from common to unique, the book compiles years of experience from experts in the field. It is organized chronologically, presenting cases from neonatal to geriatric care in a standard approach built on the SOAP format. This includes differential diagnosis and a series of critical thinking questions ideal for self-assessment or classroom use.

Cases on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Gastrointestinal Disorders

Cases on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Gastrointestinal Disorders
Author: Aljaaly, Elham Abbas
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 281
Release: 2020-11-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 179983803X

Medical nutrition therapy plays a central role in the management of diseases including reducing disease risk, slowing disease progression, and monitoring nutritional status. Though a nutrition care process has been implemented in some countries, many do not have a national standard for nutrition and dietetic practices for different diseases including the scope of gastrointestinal disorders. Moreover, there is no guidance to dietetic practice by most of the governing bodies of the world. Cases on Medical Nutrition Therapy for Gastrointestinal Disorders presents real-world case studies on nutrition assessment, diagnosis, intervention, monitoring, and evaluation standards and practices. Moreover, the cases provide critical updates on the use of medical nutrition therapy for gastrointestinal disorders that include but are not limited to Celiac Disease, Crohn’s Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, constipation, and bowel obstructions and discusses strategies for the prevention and management of these disorders. Registered dietitians, dietetic interns, nutritionists, healthcare professionals, researchers, academicians, and students will benefit from the scenarios presented within this book.

The Source for Dysphagia

The Source for Dysphagia
Author: Nancy B. Swigert
Publisher:
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2007
Genre: Deglutition disorders
ISBN: 9780760607640

Accompanying CD-ROM includes: reproducible evaluation forms and samples; case samples; educational materials for patient, family, staff, and physicians; efficacy references for treatment techniques; FEES Report and Sample; information to obtain from chart review; sample letters to physicians; modified barium swallow report and samples; outpatient instrumental exam referral form; suctioning competency validation tool; swallowing questionnaire to provide additional history; resources and references--p. 6.