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Communication Disorders in Childhood Cancer [Paperback]

Bruce Murdoch (Author)

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ISBN-10: 1861561156 | ISBN-13: 978-1861561152 | Publication Date: January 1999 | Edition: 1

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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Paperback: 209 pages
Publisher: Whurr Publishers; 1 edition (January 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1861561156
ISBN-13: 978-1861561152
Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.6 inches
Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,234,407 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The long-term quality of life experienced by survivors of paediatric cancer is an issue receiving increasing attention from allied health professionals. Read the first page

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Token Test, Archives of Disease, Test of Language Development, Journal of Neurosurgery, New York, Grammatic Understanding, Listening Quotient, Producing Word Associations, Producing Word Series, Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment, Overall Score, Speaking Quotient, Spoken Language Quotient, Archives of Neurology, Brain Impairment, Boston Naming Test, Child's Nervous System, Semantics Quotient, Journal of Pediatric Psychology, New England Journal of Medicine, Producing Names, Academic Press, American Journal of Pediatric Hematology, Clinical Evaluation of Language Functions, College-Hill Press

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This book cites 41 books:

Boston Naming Test by Edith Kaplan on 8 pages
Frenchay Dysarthria Assessment by Pamela M., Ph.D. Enderby on 5 pages
Central Nervous System Leukemia: Prevention and Treatment (Developments in Oncology) by Renato Mastrangelo on 4 pages
Major Topics in Pediatric and Adolescent Oncology by Cameron K. Tebbi on page 18, page 54, and page 157
Acquired Aphasia, Third Edition by Martha Taylor Sarno on page 75, page 88, and page 124

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Neurogenic Language Disorders in Children (International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics) by Franco Fabbro on page 128

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