New to this edition
- NEW! Content on the networks of the brain.
- NEW! Content on the reticular activating system, memory types, and altered mental status.
- NEW! Section on prematurity.
- NEW! Expanded discussion of RNA.
- Revised content throughout provides students with the most up-to-date information they need to be an effective practitioner.
- Updated references ensure content is current and applicable for today’s students.
Author Information
By Rima Abou-Khalil, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences
Vanderbilt University Medical School
8334 MCE South Tower and Wanda Webb, PhD, CCC-SLP, Assistant Professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
1. Introduction to Speech-Language Neurology
2. Organization of the Nervous System I
3. Organization of the Nervous System II
4. Neuronal Function in the Nervous System
5. Neurosensory Organization
6. Neuromotor Control of Speech
7. The Cranial Nerves
8. Clinical Speech Syndromes of the Motor Systems
9. Central Language Mechanisms and Learning
10. Adult Disorders of Language
11. Pediatrics: The Developing Brain
12. Pediatric Clinical Speech Syndromes
13. Pediatric Disorders of Language
Appendix A: Medical Conditions Related to Communication Disorders
Appendix B: Bedside Neurologic Examination
Appendix C: Screening Neurologic Examination for Speech- Language Pathology
Glossary
Index