Talking About Aphasia

Author: Susie Parr
Edition: 1st
Binding: Paperback
ISBN: 0335199364
Category: Medical

Talking About Aphasia

'This book is a wonderful idea and it meets a heretofore unmet need. Download Talking About Aphasia medical books for free.
It derives from a particularly interesting database, since it deals with aphasia in aphasic people's own language...It is strongly recommended." Professor Audrey Holland, Department of Speech Pathology, University of Arizona, USA This book is about living with aphasia - a language impairment which can result from stroke. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty aphasic people, it explores the experience of aphasia from the dramatic onset of stroke and loss of language to the gradual revelation of its long-term consequences. The story is told from the perspective of aphasic people themselves. They describe the impact of aphasia upon their employment, education, leisure Get Talking About Aphasia our bestseller medical books.

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It derives from a particularly interesting database, since it deals with aphasia in aphasic people's own language...It is strongly recommended They describe the impact of aphasia upon their employment, education, leisure

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