Forums in Clinical Aphasiology (eBook)

David J. Muller and Chris Code are the authors of Forums in Clinical Aphasiology, published by Wiley.

Forums in Clinical Aphasiolog y 1
Contents 7
Preface 12
Part 1: Issues in Clinical Aphasiology 13
Clinical Forum 1: Reapportioning time for aphasia rehabilitation: a point of view 17
Global aphasia: the case for treatment 32
Is there support for assumptions underlying ‘Reapportioning time for aphasia rehabilitation: a point of view’? 37
Comments on ‘Reapportioning time for aphasia rehabilitation: a point of view’–a suggestion in search of support 42
Reapportioning time for aphasia rehabilitation: a point of view. Reply to Wertz, Edelman and Parsons 46
Clinical Forum 2: The cognitive cloud and language disorders 51
Commentary: Carving the cognitive chicken 62
Biological constraints on the description of cognitive functions: a silver lining in the cloud? 68
Language and cognition-–problems of their vivisection 72
Cognitive cloud: thunderheads on the horizon? 77
Cognitive science and the language/ cognition distinction 80
Reply: On carved chickens, silver linings, vivisection, and thunderheads 83
Clinical Forum 3: The relation of aphasia to dementia 91
Dementia and dysphasia: ‘like asking a blind man to describe an elephant’ 104
Language disorders in dementia as aphasia syndromes 109
Alzheimer versus Broca and Wernicke 114
Studies of dementia: in search of the linguistic/cognitive interaction underlying communication 117
Aphasia and dementia: steps towards a new era in neuropsychology 120
Reply: Language in dementia: agreement? 123
Part 2: Assessing for Treatment 125
Clinical Forum 4: Aphasia tests reconsidered 129
Commentary: Cognitive psychology and clinical aphasiology 154
What should be the core of aphasia tests?(The authors promise but fail to deliver) 157
Aphasia assessment: the acid tests 162
Diagnostic tests as tools of assessment and models of information processing: a gap to bridge 167
Missing the wood and the trees: a reply to David, Kertesz, Goodglass and Weniger 172
Clinical Forum 5: Using the PICA in clinical practice: are we flogging a dead horse? 181
Don’t throw out the Porch with the bathwater: a second look at the future of the PICA 187
To be or not to be: the PICA is the question 191
The PICA revisited 194
Usin the PICA in clinical practice: a reply to Di Simoni and Merson, Crockett and Purves and Martin 199
Clinical forum 6: Functional assessment of communication: merging public policy with clinical views 201
Functional communication assessment and intervention: some thoughts on the state of the art 222
Functional assessment of communication: implications for the rehabilitation of aphasic people: reply to Carol Frattali 231
Functional assessment: a clinical perspective 237
Functional communication assessment: an Australian perspective 240
Beyond barriers: a reply to Chapey, Sacchett and Marshall, Scherzer, and Worrall 246
Part 3: Computers in Clinical Aphasiology 253
Clinical Forum 7: Efficacy of aphasia treatment using microcomputers 255
Microcomputers in assessment, rehabilitation and recreation 264
Unfounded expectations: computers in rehabilitation 270
Cognition first, microprocessor second 273
Microcomputers and treatment of aphasia 276
Reply: Common ground 282
Clinical Forum 8: Computer-based aphasia treatment meets artificial intelligence 287
Where the intelligent therapist fears to tread: commentary on Guyard et al. 302
Intelligent computerized treatment or artificial aphasia therapy? 307
Artificial intelligence enters speech therapy: a comment on Guyard et al. 311
Introducing artificial intelligence into aphasiological data analysis: answers 316
Part 4: Psychosocial Issues 321
Clinical Forum 9: The grief response in neuropathologies of speech and language 325
Response to Tanner and Gerstenberger 331
Brain, cognition and grief 334
Relationships between emotional and linguistic impairment in aphasia 338
Responses to grief? Responses to commentaries 340
Clinical Forum 10: Aphasia and family therapy 345
Aphasia and family therapy: innovative, but untested 349
Response to aphasia and family therapy 352
Aphasiology and family therapy–development of the subject 354
On the possible value of family therapy in aphasia rehabilitation 356
Aphasia and family therapy: a reply to Smith, McGuirk, Knapik and Herrmann 358
Clinical Forum 11: Losing your sense of self: what aphasia can do 361
Empathy and aphasia rehabilitation – are there contradictory requirements of treatment and psychological support? 367
The point of view of the clinician 371
Finding a new sense of self: what the clinician can do to help 373
Concern for the aphasic person’s sense of self: why, who and how? 376
Response: the primacy of self 381
Index 385