Communicative Impairment After Traumatic Brain Injury: Evidence and Pathways to Recovery

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients show a series of communicative difficulties, loading on all the dimensions that characterize satisfying communicative interactions. This chapter has three aims: first, it reviews the current literature on this topic in order to provide a complete picture of the communicative impairment in TBI patients; second, it examines the relationship between cognitive functions i.e. executive functions and theory of mind and pragmatic deficits resulting as a consequence of traumatic brain injury; third, it reviews the current literature on treatment planning in rehabilitation therapy and provides suggestions for the clinical practice.