31.3511, Books: Language in Dementia: Cummings

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Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2020 23:53:51
From: Rachel Tonkin [rtonkin at cambridge.org]
Subject: Language in Dementia: Cummings

 


Title: Language in Dementia 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/psycholinguistics-and-neurolinguistics/language-dementia?format=HB 


Author: Louise Cummings

Electronic: ISBN:  9781108758956 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 28.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9781108476317 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 99.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108700184 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 34.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9781108700184 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 26.99


Abstract:

Dementia is a devastating condition, with profound cognitive changes affecting
every aspect of an individual's functioning. The loss of communication is one
symptom above others that causes distress and impacts negatively on quality of
life, yet it is still one of the least understood aspects of dementia. This
book undertakes a comprehensive examination of language and communication in
individuals with cognitive impairment and dementia. Each chapter covers a
specific neurodegenerative disorder, and addresses the epidemiology,
aetiology, pathophysiology, prognosis and clinical features, along with the
assessment and treatment of these disorders by speech-language pathologists.
Many examples of language from individuals with neurodegenerative conditions
are included, to explain clearly the effects of dementia on communication, and
there are exercises at the end of each chapter, to develop language analysis
skills. The book is suitable reading for all medical and health professionals,
including speech-language pathologists, clinical psychologists and
neuropsychologists, geriatricians, neurologists and psychiatrists.

1. Alzheimer's Dementia
2. Primary Progressive Aphasia
3. Vascular Dementia
4. Mild Cognitive Impairment
5. Parkinson's Disease Dementia
6. Huntington's Disease
7. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy
8. Multiple Sclerosis.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Clinical Linguistics
                     Neurolinguistics
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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