Aphasia and its therapy /
This is the first single-authored book to attempt to bridge the gap between aphasia research and the rehabilitation of patients with this language disorder. Studies of the deficits underlying aphasia and the practice of aphasia rehabilitation have often diverged, and the relationship between theory...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2003
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | This is the first single-authored book to attempt to bridge the gap between aphasia research and the rehabilitation of patients with this language disorder. Studies of the deficits underlying aphasia and the practice of aphasia rehabilitation have often diverged, and the relationship between theory and practice in aphasiology is loose. The goal of this book is to help close this gap by making explicit the relationship between what is to be rehabilitated and how to rehabilitate it. Early chapters cover the history of aphasia and its therapy from Broca's discoveries to the 1970's, and provide a. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xviii, 317 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-306) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780198031055 019803105X 1280834382 9781280834387 9786610834389 6610834385 1429420553 9781429420556 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |
