Making Communication Easier and Better
One reader’s commentary:
“When a patient develops aphasia from an acute neurological event it is difficult for doctors and nurses caring for him to find ways to communicate and reassure. Dr. Susca’s book enables medical professionals to step inside a patient’s head and understand what he is thinking and perceiving. Dr. Susca describes in detail his own acute aphasia and what techniques he and medical staff used to help him. I felt I was lying in Dr. Susca’s hospital bed inside his body experiencing everything he was thinking, seeing, and feeling. I learned a lot from this book. It is a real eye opener and valuable resource for medical professionals, patients and their families. It will help all of us provide better care.”
Pat Kruger, RN
Book
The Professor’s Tumor
Imagine you can think, but without words, you can feel, but without words, you are aware, but without words.
Now communicate that without words.
This is aphasia.
This book offers the reader a first-person experience of losing the gift of communication and regaining it. The story guides the reader as a client through the realization of the loss of communication, the challenges for loved ones trying to connect with the client, dealing with unexpected consequences of medical interventions, and the efforts of reasserting a normal life. Insights and observations obtained by going through a process of personal restoration conclude the story. This book is easy to read and written for the public, caregivers, SLPs, and students.