Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Aphasia: Science and Clinical Practice

Rajinder Koul

ISBN 10: 1848552181 / ISBN 13: 9781848552180

Published by Brill Sep 2011, 2011

About this Item

Neuware - Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Aphasia is a text written for practising clinicians, undergraduate and graduate students, assistive technologists and other stakeholders who are interested in learning more about the communication needs and options for people with aphasia. Although there are several book chapters dedicated to aphasia in currently available textbooks in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), this is the first book dedicated entirely to AAC and aphasia. The book aims to: Provide an overview of aphasia and various treatment approaches. Provide a comprehensive review of AAC intervention approaches for persons with aphasia. Evaluate the efficacy of AAC intervention approaches that use technology, such as speech generating devices, and non-technological AAC approaches as part of a treatment package. Examine the ways in which techniques and strategies can be applied to persons with aphasia. Better understand how both direct stakeholders (i.e., persons with aphasia) as well as indirect stakeholders (e.g., close and extended family members, friends, paid caregivers) feel about the effectiveness of AAC intervention in persons with aphasia.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Aphasia: Science and Clinical Practice
• Publisher: Brill Sep 2011
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1848552181
• ISBN 13: 9781848552180
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 232W x 162H x 20D millimeters 232 millimeters width by 162 millimeters height by 20 millimeters depth
• Weight: 435 grams

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Synopsis

Augmentative and Alternative Communication for Adults with Aphasia is a text written for practising clinicians, undergraduate and graduate students, assistive technologists and other stakeholders who are interested in learning more about the communication needs and options for people with aphasia. Although there are several book chapters dedicated to aphasia in currently available textbooks in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), this is the first book dedicated entirely to AAC and aphasia. The book aims to: Provide an overview of aphasia and various treatment approaches. Provide a comprehensive review of AAC intervention approaches for persons with aphasia. Evaluate the efficacy of AAC intervention approaches that use technology, such as speech generating devices, and non-technological AAC approaches as part of a treatment package. Examine the ways in which techniques and strategies can be applied to persons with aphasia. Better understand how both direct stakeholders (i.e., persons with aphasia) as well as indirect stakeholders (e.g., close and extended family members, friends, paid caregivers) feel about the effectiveness of AAC intervention in persons with aphasia.

Review

For practicing clinicians, graduate and undergraduate students, assistive technologists, and others, researchers in communication and speech-language pathology explain how augmentive and alternative communications interventions approaches are being used to help people with aphasia, a brain impairment resulting from damage to areas of the brain that are responsible for interpreting and formulating language. After reviewing aphasia and approaches to intervention, they cover the efficacy in turn of technologically and no-technology based approaches, message enhancement, social validations and what the data reveal about interventions, and evidence-based clinical decisions. Distributed in North America by Turpin Distribution. --Book News Inc. Portland, OR