1st Edition

Language Case Files in Neurological Disorders

By Louise Cummings Copyright 2022
248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book features case studies of ten individuals with acquired neurological disorders. These disorders have implications for speech, language, and communication, but to date they have not been the focus of research in speech-language pathology. Chapters present a brief medical overview of each condition, followed by detailed linguistic analysis. A carefully assembled narrative captures the... Read more

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Case study 1: Corticobasal degeneration

Case study 2: Progressive supranuclear palsy

Case study 3: Huntington’s disease

Case study 4: Lewy body disease

Case study 5: Multiple sclerosis

Case study 6: Parkinson’s disease

Case study 7: Motor neuron disease

Case study 8: Alcohol-related brain damage

Case study 9: Covid-19 infection

Case study 10: Guillain-Barré syndrome

Conclusion

Glossary

Appendix

Index

 

Biography

Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests within the field of speech-language pathology are pragmatic disorders, and language impairment in neurodegenerative disorders. In 2020, she published the volume Language in Dementia.