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General Clinical Considerations

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Clinical Aspects of Dysphasia

Part of the book series: Disorders of Human Communication ((DISORDERS,volume 2))

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Language is a means by which people communicate with each other using verbal symbols. Dysphasia may be defined as a disorder of language due to brain damage. This monograph deals with disorders of language, not disorders of speech. Speech refers to the mechanical process of articulation, which can be disturbed by weakness, slowness, or incoordination of the muscles of the glossopharyngeal apparatus. Such disturbances would be termed dysarthria, dysphonia, or mutism. The term dysphasia is applied to a neurological disorder resulting from damage to those regions of the cerebral hemispheres which form the anatomical basis for the human capacity for language.

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  1. Aphasia Research Center, Boston University Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA

    Martin L. Albert M. D. (Professor of Neurology and Clinical Director, Chief) & Harold Goodglass Ph. D. (Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Director, Director)

  2. Clinical Neurology Section, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Mass., USA

    Martin L. Albert M. D. (Professor of Neurology and Clinical Director, Chief)

  3. Boston University Medical School, Boston, Mass., USA

    Harold Goodglass Ph. D. (Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Director, Director), Nancy A. Helm D. Sc. (Assistant Professor of Neurology (Speech Pathology) and Director of Audiology/Speech Pathology Program) & Michael P. Alexander M. D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Chief)

  4. Psychology Research, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Mass., USA

    Harold Goodglass Ph. D. (Professor of Neurology (Neuropsychology), Director, Director)

  5. Neurology Service, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Mass., USA

    Nancy A. Helm D. Sc. (Assistant Professor of Neurology (Speech Pathology) and Director of Audiology/Speech Pathology Program)

  6. University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minn., USA

    Alan B. Rubens M. D. (Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, Assistant Chief of Neurology)

  7. Neurobehavior Unit, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minn., USA

    Alan B. Rubens M. D. (Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, Assistant Chief of Neurology)

  8. Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minn., USA

    Alan B. Rubens M. D. (Associate Professor of Neurology, Director, Assistant Chief of Neurology)

  9. Neurobehavior Unit, Boston Veterans Administration Medical Center, Boston, Mass., USA

    Michael P. Alexander M. D. (Assistant Professor of Neurology, Chief)

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Albert, M.L., Goodglass, H., Helm, N.A., Rubens, A.B., Alexander, M.P. (1981). General Clinical Considerations. In: Clinical Aspects of Dysphasia. Disorders of Human Communication, vol 2. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-8605-3_1

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