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Aphasia Handbook: A Guide for Stroke And Injury Survivors And Their Families

After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier

by Cleo Hutton

Hospital stays after a stroke are often short compared to the lengthy period of rehabilitation and gradual return of function. After a Stroke concentrates on the home recovery process, assisting patients and their families in the transition from patient back to person. Author Cleo Hutton, herself a twelve-year stroke survivor and nurse, gives readers tips she learned and used herself during her recovery. She addresses topics such as communication, emotional liability, safety issues, personal care, relaxation techniques, and intimacy issues. The book frankly discusses self-esteem issues and using humor as a healing tool — no subject is off limits. Over 300 tips cover everything from dressing, hair care, cooking, and airline travel to using a computer and alleviating pain. After a Stroke describes in detail how to accomplish daily living routines, combat fatigue, enjoy recreational activities, and how to turn stroke deficits into assets. Hutton leaves no gaps in relating what families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post stroke.

Living With Stroke: A Guide for Families

by Richard C Senelick and Karla Dougherty

Brain, Heal Thyself: A Caregiver's New Approach to Recovery from Stroke, Aneurysm, And Traumatic Brain Injuries

by Madonna Siles and Lawrence J. Beuret

A care-giving crisis is confronting America as baby boomers hit their sixties and the questions arise: Who's going to help and who's going to pay? Part memoir, part recovery manual, Brain, Heal Thyself may well prove as a guidebook to thousands of unexpected caregivers. With humor, warmth, and arresting honesty, Madonna Siles recounts moment-by-moment the journey from her friend Eve's near-fatal aneurysm to ER to rehab center to at-home care and, finally, to near-miraculous recovery. Siles had no previous care-giving experience when Eve reached the limits of conventional therapy and was discharged to her care. Surprisingly, Siles was able to draw on her marketing and advertising background to develop non-verbal and subliminal methods for invoking the power of Eve's emotions and subconscious mind in the healing process.

Peeling the Onion: Reversing the Ravages of Stroke

by Robin Robinson

A Father/Daughter journey through a revolutionary new treatment for stroke.

The Stroke Recovery Book: A Guide for Patients and Families

by Kip Burkman, Bob Hoganmiller, and David Jenkins

Are You Recovering from a Stroke? If you or someone you love has had a stroke, you are probably frightened and worried. And, you’ re filled with questions. What can be expected in recovery? How much rehabilitation will be needed?
No health professional can predict the exact outcome of a stroke. Still, research shows that patients tend to do better when they have supportive families and friends. Learning the basics about stroke and rehabilitation can help families provide a stronger support system as well as reduce their fears of the unknown.

Author Kip Burkman, M.D., is a rehabilitation physician who has worked with thousands of stroke patients and families. He understands what families go through when a loved one has a stroke, and he offers answers to many of your questions.

Among the topics Dr. Burkman covers:
•   How strokes occur— what happens in the brain
•   Major types of strokes and effects
•   Cognitive changes— personality, emotions, intellect, behavior
•   Speech and language impairments
•   Weakness in limbs
•   Swallowing problems
•   Recover and rehabilitation— what to expect
•   Stroke prevention— reducing your risk of stroke
A quick reference book to help you cope with the effects of stroke!

Life After Stroke: The Guide to Recovering Your Health and Preventing Another Stroke (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

by Joel Stein, Julie K. Silver, and Elizabeth Pegg Frates

In this compassionate guide, three expert physicians who treat people with stroke describe how to navigate the path to recovery. Their practical advice on treatment, rehabilitation, and lifestyle changes is also designed to help prevent another stroke.

Drs. Stein, Silver, and Frates begin by explaining how stroke occurs and what happens when different parts of the brain are injured. They describe diagnostic tools such as CT scans and MRIs as well as medications used to prevent and treat stroke, and they explain in detail how stroke survivors can heal optimally. They also set out plans to help survivors reduce the risk of another stroke, including the Stroke Savvy Exercise Plan and Stroke Savvy Diet Plan.

Relating patients' experiences and bringing readers up to date on promising new treatments, Life After Stroke offers hope to stroke survivors and their families.

After Stroke

by David M. Hinds

A step-by-step blueprint for getting better--a unique program devised by a stress management consultant and the sufferer of 2 strokes.

Family Guide to Surviving Stroke & Communications Disorders

The 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.

The Stroke Book

Speech After Stroke: A Manual for the Speech Pathologist and the Family Member

by Stephanie Stryker

This clinically proven manual offers practice materials for stimulating speech and language recall in brain-injured patients. New articulation and math exercises have been added as have higher level reading materials for mildly impaired patients. Throughout the book, materials have been redeveloped and expanded to increase their effectiveness. Large print and easily readable type facilitate learning and help those with reduced visual acuity. Five main sections provide illustrations and developmental exercises in speech comprehension, imitative ability and articulation, vocabulary and syntax, reading and money skills, and writing skills. Each section progresses from the simple to the complex; exercises are included for patients whose impairments range from mild to severe. The directions for applying the exercises are written in nontechnical language so they can be used by family members as well as by speech pathologists. Discussions of recovery time and of the limits of improvement are included, as is a list of suggested readings.

Stronger After Stroke: Your Roadmap to Recovery

by Peter G. Levine

Billions of dollars are spent each year researching stroke rehabilitation and treatment techniques, but most are not well communicated to patients or caregivers. As a result, many stroke survivors are treated with outdated or ineffective therapies. Stronger After Stroke puts the power of recovery in the reader’s hands by providing easy instructions for reaching the highest possible level of healing. Written for stroke survivors, their caregivers, and their loved ones, the book presents a new approach that is startling in its simplicity: stroke survivors recover by using the same learning techniques that anyone uses to master anything. Basic concepts are covered, including repetition of task-specific movements, proper scheduling of practice, challenges at each stage of recovery, and setting goals and recognizing achievements. Stronger After Stroke bridges the gap between stroke survivors and what they desperately need: easily understandable and scientifically accurate information on how to achieve optimal rehabilitation.

Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life: A Handbook for Stroke Survivors & Their Caregivers

by Bob Guns

Breakthroughs in brain-imaging technology (CT scans, fMRIs, etc.) and pioneering brain research show the brain is still capable of learning and changing despite stroke or aging. Such findings give new hope for stroke survivors. That’s why this handbook was written. Rewire Your Brain, Rewire Your Life builds the case for hope, tells the stories of Strong Stroke Survivors and provides sound, practical counsel from Powerful Caregivers. Moreover, it outlines a program- RAISE (Reflect, Analyze, Identify, Start, and Evaluate) that can improve a survivor’s specific capability up to 40% or even higher. This handbook is designed to build capability and hope for those stroke survivors who feel they have reached their limits.

The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science (James H. Silberman Books)

by Norman Doidge

From Publishers Weekly
For years the doctrine of neuroscientists has been that the brain is a machine: break a part and you lose that function permanently. But more and more evidence is turning up to show that the brain can rewire itself, even in the face of catastrophic trauma: essentially, the functions of the brain can be strengthened just like a weak muscle. Scientists have taught a woman with damaged inner ears, who for five years had had "a sense of perpetual falling," to regain her sense of balance with a sensor on her tongue, and a stroke victim to recover the ability to walk although 97% of the nerves from the cerebral cortex to the spine were destroyed. With detailed case studies reminiscent of Oliver Sachs, combined with extensive interviews with lead researchers, Doidge, a research psychiatrist and psychoanalyst at Columbia and the University of Toronto, slowly turns everything we thought we knew about the brain upside down. He is, perhaps, overenthusiastic about the possibilities, believing that this new science can fix every neurological problem, from learning disabilities to blindness. But Doidge writes interestingly and engagingly about some of the least understood marvels of the brain.

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation

by Joel Stein

Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation is the first comprehensive, multidisciplinary textbook devoted exclusively to stroke rehabilitation and recovery. This new comprehensive guide is the gold standard for managing and rehabilitating stroke patients. Beginning with detailed information on risk factors, epidemiology, prevention, and neurophysiology, the book details the acute and long-term treatment of all stroke-related impairments and complications. Additional sections discuss psychological issues, outcomes, community reintegration, and new research.
Written by dozens of acknowledged leaders in the field, and containing hundreds of tables, graphs, and photographic images, Stroke Recovery and Rehabilitation features:

• The first full-length discussion of the most commonly-encountered component of neurorehabilitation

• Multi-specialty coverage of issues in rehabilitation, neurology, PT, OT, speech therapy, and nursing

• Focus on therapeutic management of stroke related impairments and complications

• An international perspective from dozens of foremost authorities on stroke

• Cutting edge, practical information on new developments and research trends

Stroke and the Family: A New Guide (The Harvard University Press Family Health Guides)

by Joel, M.D. Stein

A young woman suffers a stroke; she rebuilds her career and personal life, but not before her marriage falls apart. An eighty-year-old man dies unexpectedly of stroke, leaving his grown sons to wonder whether they are genetically predisposed to stroke. A recently retired woman confronts her future with a husband suddenly disabled by stroke. How can she help her husband? Will he ever recover? How will she cope with her own emotional stress?
In Stroke and the Family: A New Guide, Joel Stein shows the many faces of stroke and the people it strikes. To the family just beginning to cope with the aftermath of a stroke, the diagnostic tests, drug regimens, rehabilitation strategies, and varied prognoses can be completely bewildering. Because stroke can affect memory, speech, and movement, the impact on everyday routines and close relationships can be especially intense. Stein has produced a book that allows general readers and nonphysicians working with stroke survivors to make sense of the confusing variety of diagnoses and treatment options, and goes on to explore challenges the recovering stroke patient and the recovering family will face during a long recuperation with an uncertain outcome. Stroke and the Family offers up-to-date information and places the current research findings in context.

Recovery after Stroke

by Michael P. Barnes, Bruce H. Dobkin, and Julien Bogousslavsky

Review:
From the hardback review: 'This book will appeal to those specifically interested in stroke rehabilitation, particularly from an academic point of view, but will probably find its way on to more stroke rehabilitation unit library shelves rather than one's own personal bookshelf at home.' Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation From the hardback review: '... the key benefit of the volume is its coalescence of thought and data spanning the disciplines involved in stroke rehabilitation. ... those of us mired in the detail of our own fields and subspecialties derive from Recovery After Stroke the ability to poke our heads above ground, and see what new ideas and collaborations can be had down the hallway.' Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society From the hardback review: 'I think it is a good addition to the library of general physicians, neurologists and rehabilitation physicians.' Neurosciences

My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist's Personal Journey (Hardcover)

by Jill Bolte Taylor

Amazon.com Review
A brain scientist's journey from a debilitating stroke to full recovery becomes an inspiring exploration of human consciousness and its possibilities

On the morning of December 10, 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist, experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she could not walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the space of four brief hours. As the damaged left side of her brain--the rational, grounded, detail- and time-oriented side--swung in and out of function, Taylor alternated between two distinct and opposite realties: the euphoric nirvana of the intuitive and kinesthetic right brain, in which she felt a sense of complete well-being and peace; and the logical, sequential left brain, which recognized Jill was having a stroke, and enabled her to seek help before she was lost completely.

In My Stroke of Insight, Taylor shares her unique perspective on the brain and its capacity for recovery, and the sense of omniscient understanding she gained from this unusual and inspiring voyage out of the abyss of a wounded brain. It would take eight years for Taylor to heal completely. Because of her knowledge of how the brain works, her respect for the cells composing her human form, and most of all an amazing mother, Taylor completely repaired her mind and recalibrated her understanding of the world according to the insights gained from her right brain that morning of December 10th.

Today Taylor is convinced that the stroke was the best thing that could have happened to her. It has taught her that the feeling of nirvana is never more than a mere thought away. By stepping to the right of our left brains, we can all uncover the feelings of well-being and peace that are so often sidelined by our own brain chatter. A fascinating journey into the mechanics of the human mind, My Stroke of Insight is both a valuable recovery guide for anyone touched by a brain injury, and an emotionally stirring testimony that deep internal peace truly is accessible to anyone, at any time.

Coping With Stroke (Overcoming Common Problems Series)

by Tom Smith

We all know how disabling a stroke can be, but there is good news. Recent medical advances improve the chances of prevention, and of recovering after a stroke. Find out from this informative book about these new tretaments, and you, as carer or patient, can do to spot the warning signs, prevent an attack, or, in the event of a stroke, to restore speech and movement.

Stroke Survivor: A Personal Guide to Coping and Recovery

by Andy Mccann and Robin Sieger

At the age of 37, Andy McCann was physically fit, strong and in good health. Then, mid-way through instructing his weekly martial arts class, he experienced a stroke and was rushed to hospital. Until then, the word 'stroke' had meant little to Andy, and in this book he recounts the many difficulties in learning to live with his new situation. Funny, poignant and informative, the book is not just a personal story, but also offers a wealth of advice and information for anyone who wants to know more about strokes. He explores a broad range of issues experienced by stroke survivors, from the very practical considerations of managing financial security and understanding medical approaches and terminology to the more personal challenges of coming to terms with a new sense of vulnerability and dealing with the attitudes of friends and family. The common thread throughout is Andy's insistence that he will not be a 'stroke victim' but a 'stroke survivor', determined to live with his new set of circumstances in a positive way. This book is a compelling yet practical source of information that will be valued by professionals and patients alike - whether a fellow stroke survivor, a concerned family member or a health or social care professional working with stroke victims.

Motor Speech Disorders: Substrates, Differential Diagnosis, and Management

by Joseph R. Duffy and Mayo Clinic

With expanded and updated information including current techniques, approaches, and case studies, the 2nd edition of this bestselling book continues its reputation as a dependable and outstanding evidence-based source on acquired motor speech disorders in adults. It covers the substrates of motor speech and its disorders, the disorders and their diagnoses, and management -- focusing on integrating what is known about the bases of motor speech disorders with the realities of clinical practice to ensure readers have the key content they need to be effective practitioners.
•    Evidence-based practice focus with relevant research evidence and data from the Mayo Clinic speech pathology practice
•    Includes the clinical characteristics of the primary motor speech disorders as well as general guidelines for differential diagnosis
•    Offers authoritative guidance on the diagnosis and management of motor speech disorders by a highly respected expert in the field of motor speech disorders
•    73 case studies demonstrate concepts as they apply to real-world practice
•    Over 100 table and boxes highlight important information
•    Chapters include new research and theories, new techniques, current trends, and updated and new information sources
•    22 new illustrations showcase the latest technology in the field
•    Fresh, new book design highlights case studies, boxed text, and tables - making it easier to find key information
•    Nine new case studies reflect the realities of clinical practice today

Motor Speech Disorders

Clinical Management of Sensorimotor Speech Disorders

Adult Motor Speech Disorders Resource Guide

Introduction to Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Language Intervention Strategies in Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Communication Disorders

Neurogenic Disorders Of Language

by Laura Murray and Heather M Clark

Brain damage due to stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), progressive neurological disease, and other etiologies is extremely common worldwide. Neurogenic language disorders that result from the illnesses, accidents, or progressive diseases that cause brain damage can negatively impact an individualas communicative and cognitive well-being. This thoughtful text provides speech-language pathologists and related health care professionals with a comprehensive examination of the concepts and procedures surrounding the management of adult neurogenic disorders. Information is provided on the major disorders including aphasia, traumatic brain injury, right hemisphere disorders, and dementia and assessment procedures and treatment approaches are discussed. In addition, clinical issues--both theoretical and applied--are highlighted throughout the book, making this an excellent choice for anyone working with neurogenic language disorders.

The Handbook of Adult Language Disorders

This handbook provides clinicians and researchers with a comprehensive reference resource on the study of acquired language disorders - or aphasia. The focus is on how the study of acquired language disorders has contributed to our understanding of normal language and its neural substrates, and to the clinical management of language disorders. The handbook is unique in reviewing studies from all of the major disciplines in which aphasia research is conducted - cognitive neuropsychology, linguistics, neurology, neuroimaging, and speech-language pathology - as they apply to each topic of language. For each language domain, e.g. reading, spelling, naming, there is a chapter devoted to recent neuroimaging studies and a chapter devoted to clinical diagnosis and treatment of impairments in that domain. Featuring contributions from leading experts in the field, The Handbook of Adult Language Disorders is a truly integrated and authoritative reference work on aphasia research that will prove invaluable to anyone working in the field.

Manual of Aphasia and Aphasia Therapy

Talking About Aphasia: Living With Loss of Language After Stroke

by Susie Parr, Sally Byng, Sue Gilpin, and Chris Ireland

This book is about living with aphasia - a language impairment which can result from stroke. Drawing on in-depth interviews with fifty aphasic people, it explores the experience of aphasia from the dramatic onset of stroke and loss of language to the gradual revelation of its long-term consequences. The story is told from the perspective of aphasic people themselves.

Aphasia Inside Out

by Susie Parr, Judith Duchan, and Carole Pound

This innovative new book brings together a number of different perspectives on aphasia, a communication impairment that can follow stroke. Contributors include people with personal experience of aphasia, as well as therapists, counsellors, educationalists, linguists and researchers who address issues of living with aphasia in their work. Whatever their perspective, whether personal, theoretical or professional, contributors reflect on and explore aspects of living with aphasia that have little place in conventional academic discourse. Accordingly, the chapters cover a range of issues, for example aphasia and the Internet, time and poetry. The diverse contributions are drawn together by an introductory chapter and a linking commentary.

Aphasia Inside Out suggests new ways of thinking about aphasia, offers insights into the nature of the disabling barriers faced, and explores some creative possibilities open to people who live with communication disability. It will be a valuable resource for any professional or layperson who encounters aphasia in the course of daily life.

Aphasiology: Disorders and Clinical Practice (2nd Edition)

by G. Albyn Davis

Aphasiology: Disorders and Clinical Practice, offers a uniquely balanced and comprehensive presentation of aphasia, encompassing both theoretical study and clinical practice. Written in a highly accessible style, this text carefully explains and illustrates key paradigms in research and treatment. The author uses tables to summarize essential points and to provide historical overviews. Structured according to a course outline, the book begins with etiology and moves quickly to clinical assessment. It teaches diagnostic thinking with respect to the relationships between symptoms and hidden impairments in cognitive terms. This thinking is illustrated with research as well as more explicitly with assessments and treatments. Through this approach, a future clinician should acquire an appreciation for the scientific investigation that supports a clinical discipline. The Second Edition features updated information on many topics, such as functional assessments and treatments (including ethnography and outcome measures) and medical aspects and treatments keep the text current and competitive in the field.It also includes a new chapter on dementias supplements current chapters on other cognitive disorders (right hemisphere dysfunction and traumatic brain injury). Each of these chapters includes additional information on rehabilitation as well as up-to-date information on current research. The content has been reorganized within and between chapters to maximize readability and ease of use as a course text. Psycholinguistics background has been restructured to improve efficiency and readability of the text. Chapter 6 on "Special Investigations" has been eliminated from this edition and its topics have been redistributed, improving the overall flow of the text.

Aphasia and Related Neurogenic Language Disorders

by Leonard LaPointe

Now thoroughly updated, this important new book builds on the classic first edition to provide complete coverage of aphasia and related neurogenic language disorders. For the first time, the larger psychological aspects of neurogenic language conditions are examined, including adaptation to chronicity, treatment of accompanying mood disorders, and the role of both the family and clinician in improving patient care. A Brandon-Hill selection.
Highlights of this important work: - Systematic discussion of the pathophysiology, differentiating features, evaluation, and treatment of each neurogenic disorder - Special chapters on right hemisphere syndrome, traumatic brain injury, and dementia - New research on dyslexia and dysgraphia - Comprehensive, up-to-date references and suggestions for additional reading

Workbook for Aphasia: Exercises for Expressive And Receptive Language Functioning (William Beaumont Hospital)

by Susan Howell Brubaker

An indispensable tool for clinicians and users that has been fully updated and reformatted in a user-friendly manner.

Aphasia Therapy Workshop: Current Approaches to Aphasia Therapy--Principles and Applications

by Jacqueline Stark, Nadine Martin, and Ruth Fink

The Aphasia Therapy Workshop brings together leading experts in the field of aphasia to address current approaches to aphasia rehabilitation. The topics in this special issue include:
1) Functional communication: Social models and psychosocial approaches
2) Technological advances : Computer - based approaches
3) Aphasia therapy duration: best when intensive and prolonged?
4) Cognitive neuropsychological approaches
5) (Psycho-) Linguistic approaches
6) Beyond language - cognitive aspects of language therapy
The papers reflect the variety of approaches to treatment of aphasia and provide the reader with an update on the most current advances in our theories and practice of aphasia rehabilitation.

A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia: A Clinician's Guide

by Anne Whitworth

While cognitive neuropsychology increasingly influences models for the assessment and treatment of aphasia, little has been done to bridge the gap between the theory and its practical implications for working with people with aphasia. A Cognitive Neuropsychological Approach to Assessment and Intervention in Aphasia bidges the gap by interpreting the theoretical literature and relating it directly to available assessment tools and therapy techniques. Part one provides an explanation of the theoretical model and how this can fracture to provide identifiable deficit patterns. Part two provides a comprehensive review of the therapy literature. The book has evolved from the activity of a group of language therapists specialising in this area and as such is a highly accessible theoretical and practical reference for the working clinician and students of speech and language therapy.

Beyond Aphasia: Therapies For Living With Communication Disability (Speechmark Editions)

by Carole Pound, Susie Parr, Jayne Lindsay, and Celia Woolf

The book "Beyond Aphasia" is highly recommended for speech-language pathologists and social workers working to address the socially disabling consequences of aphasia. Subtitled "Therapies for Living with Communication Disability", it provides speech-language pathologists and others with ideas and strategies for moving from traditional therapy towards restoration of identity and ultimately advocacy.

Dysphagia: Diagnosis and Management

by Michael E. Groher

Veterans Administration Hospital, Tampa, FL. Third edition of a multidisciplinary text on swallowing disorders, for physicians, nurses, speech/language pathologists, dieticians, and physical therapists. Halftone illustrations. 14 contributors, 13 U.S.

Evaluation and Treatment of Swallowing Disorders

by Jeri A. Logemann

Review:
The first few chapters explain typical anatomical structures, such as the muscles involved in swallow, cranial nerve function, the sequence of muscular action that bring about a swallow, and the events following introduction of various types/textures of food in the mouth. Dr. Logemann distinguishes clearly between an oral phase and a pharyngeal phase of swallow. (Some researchers, question this distinction and consider the swallow process more along a continuum, rather than as two distinct phases). Typical changes in swallow with age are explained.

• Chapter 3 explains various instrumental evaluation techniques briefly.

• Chapter 4 deals with disorders of swallow. (I find the table on page 73 comparing patient description to actual symptoms during a bedside screen and radiographic study particularly useful. It helped me a lot to watch videotaped radiographic studies of swallows as I read this chapter.)

• Chapter 5 describes screening and evaluation procedures. (I like the quick screen checklist on page 137. I use a modified version of this form.) This chapter also describes assessment of patients dependent on tracheostomy tube, and contrasts it with patients who are intubated. As in many other texts, assessment procedures discussed in this chapter assume that the patient is able to interact/participate in the evaluation process, at least moderately. I would like to see more information on swallow assessment of patients with various levels of dementia in a future edition of this book. Refer Lou Eaves' course - check the nss-nrs website mentioned earlier.)

• Chapter 6 looks at treatment planning and the important determination of whether the patient will benefit from therapy considering case history and other factors. Also included is a general guideline to decide on oral vs. non-oral feeding. The use of compensatory strategies such as postural changes, and diet modification guidelines with rationale for their use are provided. Various types/examples of direct (ex. - swallow of saliva), and indirect (ex. - oromotor exercise) therapy are provided for oral and pharyngeal stage swallow.

• Chapter 7 and 8 describe various surgical procedures for oral and pharyngeal stage cancer, associated reconstruction techniques, neurological conditions such as Guillan-Barre and Poliomyelitis, resulting swallowing disorders and rehab strategies for these populations.

• Chapter 10 addresses parkinson's disease, ALS, MS, Myasthenia Gravis and other degenerative diseases and suggests rehab strategies.

• Chapter 11 explains medical procedures for various pharyngeal stage swallow dysfunction, such as cricopharyngeal myotomy to permanently open the upper esophageal sphincter, followed by an explanation of when such procedure is used.

• Chapter 12 follows a question and answer format. Some frequently asked questions on clinical decision making are discussed, such as - When should a patient receive an in-depth diagnostic assessment? The last chapter discusses the role of the many members in an interdisciplinary dysphagia management team.

The Dysphagia Cookbook: Great Tasting and Nutritious Recipes for People With Swallowing Difficulties

Easy-to-Swallow, Easy-to-Chew Cookbook: Over 150 Tasty and Nutritious Recipes for People Who Have Difficulty Swallowing

by Donna L. Weihofen, JoAnne Robbins, and Paula A. Sullivan

Delicious and nourishing recipes that are easy to eat and swallow
The simple act of eating is a challenge for millions of people whose ability to chew and swallow has been compromised by the debilitating effects of age or disease. The Easy-to-Swallow, Easy-to-Chew Cookbook presents a collection of more than 150 nutritious recipes that make eating enjoyable and satisfying for anyone who has difficulty chewing or swallowing. It also shares helpful tips and techniques to make eating easier for the elderly and those with such diseases as Parkinsons, AIDS, or head and neck cancers.
Donna L. Weihofen, RD, MS (Verona, WI), is a nutritionist and the author of The Cancer Survival Cookbook and Magic Spices. JoAnne Robbins, PhD, is founder of the University of Wisconsins clinical Swallowing Service. Paula A. Sullivan, is a speech pathologist who specializes in swallowing rehabilitation.