The Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders

Family Guide to Surviving Stroke and Communication Disorders, 2E is a comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, for speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and for counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families. Through nontechnical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples, this book engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering. This book also clearly describes the "big three" stroke-related communication disorders - aphasia, apraxia, and dysarthrias. New chapters in this second edition include examples of the courage, determination, and resourcefulness of actual stroke survivors and their families in meeting the challenges of this major life-altering event.
A comprehensive guide for families of stroke survivors, speech pathologists and rehabilitation specialists, and counselors who respond to the needs of stroke survivors and their families, this edition engages all readers on a journey toward understanding, healing, and persevering after a stroke and uses non-technical terms, case studies, questions and answers, and examples.
Dennis C. Tanner received the Doctor of Philosophy degree in Audiology and Speech Sciences with a minor in Psychiatry from Michigan State University. Dr. Tanner has published papers on the psychology of neurogenic communication disorders have addressed loss, grief, chronic depression, nursing considerations, culture care issues, loss of verbal coping skills, and disorientation in brain injured persons. Tanner has presented two mini-courses on the psychology of aphasia and related disorders at conventions of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association and has been named Outstanding Educator by the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions. Dr. Tanner serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving patients with communication and swallowing disorders and is currently Professor of Health Sciences at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona.