Traumatic Brain Injury
Subtitle: Associated Speech, Language, and Swallowing Disorders
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Singular
Published: January 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 416
ISBN-13: 9780769300177
Subjects: Neurology & clinical neurophysiology; Otorhinolaryngology (ENT); Speech disorders; Language disorders; Complications; Medical; Medical / Nursing; Speech; Neurology - General; Audiology & Speech Pathology; Diagnosis; Language Arts & Disciplines / Speech; Traumatic;Brain;Injury; Brain damage; Deglutition disorders
First sentence: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) has been defined as "an insult to the brain, not of the degenerative or congenital nature, but caused by an external force, that may pro a diminished or altered state of consciousness" (National Head Injury Foundation, 1985).