|aSpeech and language disorders associated with subcortical pathology /|cBruce E. Murdoch, Brooke-Mai Whelan.
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|aAmes, Iowa :|bWiley-Blackwell,|c2009.
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|a292 p. :|bill. ;|c24 cm.
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|aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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|aSubcortical involvement in speech and language : an introduction and historical perspective -- Neuroanatomy and functional neurology of the subcortical region -- Models of subcortical participation in language -- Language disorders associated with striatocapsular and thalamic lesions -- Pallidal and thalamic involvement in language : evidence from stereotactic surgical studies -- Role of the subthalamic nucleus in language -- Influence of the cerebellum on language function -- Degenerative subcortical syndromes : aetiology, clinical features, medical treatment, and associated language disorders -- Assessment and treatment of subcortical language disorders -- Role of the subcortical structures in speech motor control -- Dysarthria associated with subcortical pathologies -- Subcortical dysarthrias : assessment and treatment.
This book provides comprehensive coverage of speech and language disorders arising from pathological processes involving the subcortical structures of the brain ...