On neurogenic communication disorders
Subtitle: original short stories and case studies
By: Dennis C. Tanner
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bloomington, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
ISBN-13: 9781475948677
Subjects: Communicative disorders; Anecdotes; Case studies
Description: This is a collection of short stories and case studies about persons with neurogenic communication disorders. The short studies are based on people [the author has] known as friends, acquantances, or patients. The characters in the short stories are based on one person or a composite of several individuals. [The author has] placed these characters in interesting fictional situations which provide a vehicle for showing their mettle in dealing with their communication disorders and life challenges. The case studies are based on actual clinical cases and situations, but literary license has been taken to make them reader-friendly and interesting. This book of short stories and case studies is not a scholarly clinical treatise on neurogenic communication disorders nor does it aspire to be one. While it provides accurate information about neurogenic communication disorders, it is a work of fiction and simply a different vehicle for understanding these complex and often devastating medical conditions.
Table of contents: title: Reflections on global aphasia; title: A trip to the fire station; title: The reunion; title: Cautious Clyde's descent into darkness; title: Crossed aphasia in a dextral : the brain localization debate; title: Traumatic brain injury; title: A case of severe anterograde amnesia; title: Past tense; title: The Peyote way; title: Murder challenges; title: Murphy's inner world of aphasia; title: Murphey's inner world of aphasia : "Beth's story"; title: Alternately abled.