This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of the communication impairments that occur in association with the two most common forms of childhood cancer, namely leukaemia and brain tumour. Contents ? Major childhood cancers: leukaemia and brain tumour ? Effects of treatment for paediatric cancer on brain structure and function ? Language disorders in children treated for brain tumours ? Language recovery following treatment for paediatric brain tumours ? Variability in patterns of language impairment in children following treatment for posterior fossa tumour ? Language disorders in children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia ? Discourse abilities of children treated for neoplastic conditions ? Motor speech disorders in children treated for brain tumour ? Assessment and treatment of speech and language disorders occuring subsequent to cancer therapy in childhood
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Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Höhe: 250 mm
Breite: 200 mm
Dicke: 15 mm
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ISBN-13
978-1-86156-115-2 (9781861561152)
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Bruce E Murdoch is Director, Motor Speech Research Centre and Head, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Bruce's research interests are in physiological assessment and treatment of adult and child motor speech disorders including CVA, head injury, multiple sclerosis, brain tumour and Parkinson's disease; subcortical aphasia; language disorders in traumatic brain injury; speech and language disorders in childhood cancer. He is the founding editor of the Asia Pacific Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing, and on the editorial boards of several other major publications. He is the Foundation President of the, Asia Pacific Society for the Study of Speech, Language and Hearing, and Vice-President, International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics.
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University of Queensland
1. Major Childhood Cancers, Leukaemia and Brain Tumour. 2. Effects of treatment for Paediatric Cancer on Brain Structure and Function.
3. Language disorders in Children Treated for Brain Tumours.
4. Language Recovery Following treatment for Paediatric Brain Tumours.
5. Variability in Patterns of Language impairment in Children Following Treatment for Posterior Fossa Tumour.
6.language Disorders in Children Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia.
7. Discourse Abilities of Children Treated for Neoplastic Conditions.
8. Motor speech Disorders in Children Treated for Brain Tumour.
9. Assessment and treatment of Speech and Language Disorders Occuring Subsequent to Cancer therapy in Childhood.
