Plural Publishing
Titles appearing in Reference — Research Book News — August 2011
Handbook of acquired communication disorders in childhood.
Murdoch, Bruce E.
Plural Publishing, ©2011 479 p. $79.95 RJ496
978-1-59756-054-2
Murdoch (Centre for Neurogenic Communication Disorders, U. of Queensland, Australia) describes how pediatric clinicians can manage acquired language disorders and motor speech disorders in children. He details the neuropathologic basis, neurology, symptoms, prognosis, assessment, and treatment of these disorders resulting from conditions that cause damage to the brain in childhood, including traumatic brain injury, cerebrovascular accidents, and brain tumors, as well as less common disorders caused by cerebral anoxia, inborn errors of metabolism, neural tube defects, infections, radiation induced brain damage, and convulsive disorders. (Annotation ©2011 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
