Communication Disorders in Childhood Cancer
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Beschreibung
This is the first book to provide comprehensive coverage of thecommunication impairments that occur in association with the twomost common forms of childhood cancer, namely leukaemia and braintumour. Contents ? Major childhood cancers: leukaemia and braintumour ? Effects of treatment for paediatric cancer on brainstructure and function ? Language disorders in children treated forbrain tumours ? Language recovery following treatment forpaediatric brain tumours ? Variability in patterns of languageimpairment in children following treatment for posterior fossatumour ? Language disorders in children treated for acutelymphoblastic leukaemia ? Discourse abilities of children treatedfor neoplastic conditions ? Motor speech disorders in childrentreated for brain tumour ? Assessment and treatment of speech andlanguage disorders occuring subsequent to cancer therapy inchildhood
Autor*in
Bruce E. Murdoch
Themen in »Communication Disorders in Childhood Cancer«
Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen Health & Social Care Speech Therapy Sprachtherapie