Assisting Survivors of Traumatic Brain Injury: The Role of Speech-Language Pathologists Book

This book prepares graduate students and practicing speech-language pathologists to serve people with traumatic brain injury (TBI). It overviews aspects of TBI including definitions, epidemiology, and mechanisms of injury, deals with major disorders associated with TBI for which speech-language pathologists assume diagnostic and intervention responsibility, such as speech and swallowing disorders, and provides information about integrating survivors of TBI into family, education, vocational, and community settings. Hux teaches communication disorders at the University of Nebraska. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR