Neurogenic Language Disorders In Children (International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics) - Hardcover

International Symposium Of The Ialp Apha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0080445497 ISBN 13: 9780080445496

Publisher: Brill Academic Pub, 2004

Synopsis

Language disorders in children are one of the most frequent causes of difficulties in communication, social interaction, learning and academic achievement. It has been estimated that over 5% of children present with some kind of language disorder. This volume illustrates the state of the art in neurogenic language disorders in children. The most recent findings about acquired epileptiform aphasias (from Landau-Kleffner syndrome to autistic regression) are presented and discussed.Language disorders in children with early brain lesions are reviewed in relation to the side of the lesion and their epileptic correlates (e.g., paroxysmal abnormalities during NREM sleep). New clinical reports are presented and a large discussion is held on language disorders due to malformation or tumor lesions localized to the Posterior Fossa. The last part of the volume reviews the state of the art on some of the most debated clinical neurolinguistic pictures of developmental age such as crossed aphasia in children, the modality and types of aphasia recovery in children and persistent acquired childhood aphasia.

This volume is the fifth in a series of books commissioned by the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.

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Review:

Colleagues interested in disorders of language in children will welcome this book, representing some excellent current research. Based upon a 2003 IALP symposium, Franco Fabbro has gathered some of the best European and Australian researchers and clinicians to present detailed views of both acquired and genetic impairments of speech and language.
Harry A. Whitaker, PhD
Professor and Head, Northern Michigan University, Co-Editor, Brain and Language

'..this is a timely topic of interest to language pathologists, neurolinguists, neuropsychologists and social workers..'
Michel Paradis, McGill University
"This is an excellent collection of papers on a very important theme ... [it] fills the gap taking up in depth studies on several kinds of neurogenic disorders that are because of early injury to the brain." -- Linguist List 16.94, 2005.
.,."a valuable reference for speech pathologists and related professionals."
-Doody's Review Service

About this edition

• Publisher: Brill Academic Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0080445497
• ISBN 13: 9780080445496
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 253
• Editor: Fabbro Franco