The third edition of Cognitive Communication Disorders remains a vital resource for graduate courses that address cognitively based communication disorders. Students, instructors, and clinicians will benefit from the text's comprehensive discussion of cognitive processes and deficits, including attention, memory, executive functions, right hemisphere brain damage, dementia, combat-related mild traumatic brain injury, and traumatic brain injury and the impact that deficits in these cognitive domains may have on language and communication. New to the Third Edition A new chapter covering Primary Progressive Aphasia An expanded chapter on mild cognitive impairment (MCI) addressing concussion related communication disorders Updated and expanded information on assessment of disordered cognitive processes Case studies to illustrate principles of clinical management of cognitive communication disorders. Access to a PluralPlus Companion Website with PowerPoint lecture slides for each chapter Through contributions from a renowned group of contributors, this text provides a comprehensive review of theoretical and applied research on cognitive communication disorders. The renowned contributors include Margaret Lehman Blake, Carole R. Roth, Fofi Constantinidou, Heather Dial, Maya Henry, Jessica Brown, Kathryn Hardin, Nidhi Mahendra, Mary H. Purdy, Sarah E. Wallace, and Sarah N. Villard.

About the Author
Michael L. Kimbarow, PhD, CCC-SLP, BC-NCD, is professor and chair of the Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences at San Jose State University. Previously, he was director of speech-language pathology at the Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan and clinical associate professor in the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at Wayne State University School of Medicine. Dr. Kimbarow has more than 37 years of clinical experience and 32 years of university teaching experience related to working with adults with neurogenic communication disorders. Dr. Kimbarow is Board Certified in neurologic communication disorders-adults by the Academy of Neurologic Communication Disorders and Sciences (ANCDS). He served as the president of the ANCDS in 2012 and is a former chair of the ANCDS Certification Board. Dr. Kimbarow was the president of the Council of Academic Programs in Communication Disorders and Sciences in 2011. He is also a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.


Book Information
ISBN 9781635501568
Author Michael L. Kimbarow
Format Paperback
Page Count 375
Imprint Plural Publishing Inc
Publisher Plural Publishing Inc