There are very few books available which are concerned with the unique communication problems that can come with traumatic brain injury (TBI). In recent years there has emerged a realisation that these difficulties in communication are closely tied to the cognitive, behavioural and social problems observed following traumatic brain injury. This is changing the way people with TBI are assessed and is generating new approaches to rehabilitation.
This volume will be of interest to psychologists, speech pathologists and therapists and linguists. Clinicians and researchers working with people with traumatic brain injury, and their students, will find it a comprehensive source of contemporary approaches to characterising the communication problems of people with TBI and for planning rehabilitation.
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'This book would be a great guide for students and an ally to all SLTs working in this area.' - RCSLT Bulletin 2000
'Overall, the book provides a thought provoking comprehensive overview of communication disorders following Traumatic Brain Injury, and will be of interest to Speech and Language Therapists, Psychologists and others working in this area.' - British Journal of Neurosurgery
Series preface ix Preface xi List of contributors xiii Communication problems following traumatic brain injury 1(18) Leanne Togher Skye McDonald Chris Code Definitions 1(2) Approaches to assessing communication disorders after traumatic brain injury 3(11) References 14(5) The nature of traumatic brain injury: Basic features and neuropsychological consequences 19(36) Skye McDonald Leanne Togher Chris Code Basic features of traumatic brain injury 20(7) Cognitive deficits and psychosocial function following TBI 27(18) Notes 45(1) References 45(10) Discourse analysis in traumatic brain injury 55(26) Carl A. Coelho Discourse analysis procedures and findings 56(15) Summary of discourse deficits following TBI 71(1) Discourse deficits as evidence of impairment in executive functions 72(4) Implications 76(1) References 77(4) Pragmatics, cognition, and communication in traumatic brain injury 81(32) Richard Body Michael Perkins Skye McDonald Pragmatics 82(3) Pragmatics and TBI 85(4) Pragmatics and cognition 89(1) Cognition, communication, and TBI 90(7) Case study 97(11) Summary 108(1) Note 108(1) References 109(4) Exchanges of information in the talk of people with traumatic brain injury 113(34) Leanne Togher Linda Hand Chris Code Analysing conversational discourse in TBI 114(5) Systemic Functional Linguistics 119(4) Exchange structure of TBI interactions 123(14) Summary 137(5) Acknowledgements 142(1) References 142(3) Appendix: Generic structure potential analysis 145(2) The use of multiple informants in assessment of communication after traumatic brain injury 147(28) Richard Body Mark Parker Introduction 147(5) Information from multiple informants 152(10) Methods of gathering information 162(8) Summary 170(1) Note 171(1) References 171(4) Social skill deficits following traumatic brain injury: Assessment and treatment 175(36) Nigel V. Marsh Conceptual issues 176(5) Assessment of social skills 181(14) Treatment of social skill deficits 195(7) Future directions 202(4) References 206(5) Dysarthria following traumatic brain injury 211(24) Bruce E. Murdoch Deborah G. Theodoros Severity and type of dysarthria following TBI 213(6) Summary of dysarthria following TBI 219(1) Treatment of dysarthria associated with TBI 220(8) References 228(7) Communication problems resulting from brain injury in children: Special issues of assessment and management 235(36) Sandra Bond Chapman Harvey S. Levin Stacy L. Lawyer Introduction 235(3) Formal language problems in children with TBI 238(3) Discourse as an outcome measure 241(4) Factors contributing to outcome 245(7) Cognitive correlates of discourse disability 252(7) Conclusions 259(1) Acknowledgements 260(1) References 260(6) Appendix 266(5) Discourse rehabilitation following traumatic brain injury 271(50) Pamela Snow Jacinta Douglas Issues in assessing communication as a basis for rehabilitation 273(4) Critical issues in the rehabilitation of discourse in TBI speakers 277(17) Specific approaches to narrative, procedural, and conversational discourse 294(9) Communication awareness training: A case study 303(10) Conclusions 313(1) References 314(7) Author index 321(14) Subject index 335
