Augmentative communication strategies for adults with acute or chronic medical conditions
By: edited by David R. Beukelman, Kathryn L. Garrett, and Kathryn M. Yorkston.
Contributors: Beukelman, David R., 1943-; Garrett, Kathryn L.; Yorkston, Kathryn M., 1948-
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Pub. Co.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Baltimore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 418
ISBN-13: 9781557668752
Subjects: Communicative disorders -- Patients -- Rehabilitation; Communication devices for people with disabilities; Chronic diseases -- Psychological aspects; Communication Disorders -- rehabilitation; Adult; Chronic Disease -- rehabilitation; Communication Aids for Disabled
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: An introduction to AAC services for adults with chronic medical conditions : who, what, when, where, and why / David R. Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Kathryn L. Garrett; title: AAC in the intensive care unit / Kathryn L. Garrett ... [et al.]; title: Brainstem impairment / Delva Culp, David R. Beukelman, and Susan K. Fager; title: Spinal cord injury / Deanna Britton and Ross Baarslag-Benson; title: Traumatic brain injury / Susan K. Fager, Molly Doyle, and Renee Karantounis; title: Severe aphasia / Joanne P. Lasker, Kathryn L. Garrett,  and Lynn E. Fox; title: Primary progressive aphasia / Julia M. King, Nancy Alarcon, and Margaret A. Rogers; title: Dementia / Michelle S. Bourgeois and Ellen M. Hickey; title: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / Laura J. Ball, David R. Beukelman, and Lisa Bardach; title: AAC intervention for progressive conditions: multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and Huntington's disease / Kathryn M. Yorkston and David R. Beukelman; title: AAC for people with head and neck cancer / Marsha D. Sullivan, Carol Gaebler, and Laura J. Ball; title: AAC decision-making teams: achieving change and maintaining social support / David R. Beukelman, Kathryn M. Yorkston, and Kathryn L. Garrett.