Assessment of Communication Disorders in Adults 3rd Edition pdf eBook , ISBN13: 9781635502633
 
About This eBook : 
 
Assessment of Communication Disorders in Adults: Resources and Protocols, Third Edition offers a unique combination of scholarly information, invaluable resources, and time-saving protocols on assessment of communication disorders in adults.
 
Most resource books offer limited research and scholarly information, thus making them unsuitable as textbooks for academic courses on assessment and diagnosis. Similarly, most traditional textbooks do not include practical, easy-to-use, and time-saving resources and protocols that the practicing clinicians can readily use during assessment sessions. By combining the strengths of traditional textbooks with newer assessment resources and protocols, this one-of-a-kind book offers a single, comprehensive source that is suitable as a textbook and useful as a practical clinical resource.
 
This bestselling and trusted text
 
Covers the full range of communication disorders in adults, from aphasia to voice disorders
Gives a comprehensive outline of basic assessment procedures
Provides a set of protocols that are necessary to assess any communication disorder in adults
Addresses the multicultural issues in assessing communication disorders in adults and offers an integrated assessment approach that includes the most desirable features of the traditional and several alternative approaches
Contains two chapters for each disorder: one on resources that offers scholarly and research background on the disorder and one on resources that describe practical procedures and protocols that save preparation time and effort for the clinician
Includes access to a PluralPlus companion website containing the assessment protocols that can be viewed, customized, and printed by instructors, students, and clinicians
 
New to the Third Edition
 
Expanded emphasis and specific guidelines on making a correct differential diagnosis 
Latest research on the characteristics of disorders of communication in adults 
Review of recent trends on diagnostic assessment with critical recommendations for students and clinicians
Updated epidemiological research on communication disorders
Revised to offer more succinct information on assessment tools and diagnostic criteria
The latest standardized and informal assessment instruments
Student-friendly, step-by-step instructions on how to conduct initial interviews and share final assessment results with patients in each protocol chapter
Updated web links for key assessment materials mentioned in the text 
 
Table of Contents : 
 
Preface
Creating Client-Specific Assessment Packages with Protocols on the Companion Website
Part I. Foundations of Assessment
Chapter 1. Assessment of Adults: An Overvie Written Case History
Chapter 2. Common Assessment Protocols
Part II. Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders in Adults
Chapter 3. Assessment of Apraxia of Speech (AOS): Resources
Chapter 4. Assessment of Apraxia of Speech (AOS): Protocols
Chapter 5. Assessment of Dysarthria: Resources
Chapter 6. Assessment of Dysarthria: Protocols
Part III. Assessment of Aphasia
Chapter 7. Assessment of Aphasia: Resources
Chapter 8. Assessment of Aphasia: Protocols
Part IV. Assessment of Right-Hemisphere Syndrome
Chapter 9. Assessment of Right-Hemisphere Disorder (RHD): Resources
Chapter 10. Assessment of Right Hemisphere Disorder (RHD): Protocols
Part V. Assessment of Dementia (Major and Minor Neurocognitive Disorder)
Chapter 11. Assessment of Dementia: Resources
Chapter 12. Assessment of Dementia: Protocols
Part VI. Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Chapter 13. Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Resources
Chapter 14. Assessment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): Protocols
Part VII. Assessment of Fluency Disorders
Chapter 15. Assessment of Fluency Disorders: Resources
Chapter 16. Assessment of Fluency Disorders: Protocols
Part VIII. Assessment of Voice
Chapter 17. Assessment of Voice: Resources
Chapter 18. Assessment of Voice: Protocols
Index