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Through contributions from leading experts in the fields of communication science, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey detailing the state of the art in speech, language, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.* Provides the first in-depth exploration of the rapidly expanding field of communication disorders* Examines the current debates, landmark studies, and central themes in the discipline, including analytical methods and assessment* Includes contributions from more than 20 leading scholars to provide an extraordinary breadth of coverage of this growing, multi-disciplinary field* Features a "foundations" section that deals with issues of central importance to all research in the field, including social and practical considerations in classification and diversity, genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention
List of contents
List of Figures.Notes on Contributors.Introduction.Part I Foundations.1 Social and Practial Considerations in Labeling.2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders.3 Intervention for Children with Auditory or Visual Sensory Impairments.4 Intelligibility Impairments.5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders.6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention.Part II Language Disorders.7 Autism Spectrum Disorders: The State of the Art.8 Delayed Language Development in Preschool Children.9 Specific Language Impairment.10 Pragmatic Impairment.11 Learning Disabilities.12 Reading and Reading Impairments.13 Substance Abuse and Childhood Language Disorders.14 Aphasia.Part III Speech Disorders.15 Children with Speech Sound Disorders.16 Dysarthria.17 Apraxia of Speech.18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction.19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders.20 Describing Voice Disorders.21 Orofacial Anomalies.22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Defects.Part IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders.23 ADHD and Communication Disorders.24 Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage.25 Traumatic Brain Injury.26 Dementia.Author Index.Subject Index.
About the author
Jack S. Damico is the Doris B. Hawthorne Eminent Scholar in Communicative Disorders and Special Education at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. He is co-editor of the Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders and he has published over 100 peer reviewed articles and chapters in the areas of language disorders in children, literacy, aphasia in adults, discourse studies, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, language testing and qualitative methodologies.
Nicole Müller is Professor of Communicative Disorders at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and holds a Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professorship.
Martin J. Ball is Hawthorne-BORSF Endowed Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
Summary
Through contributions from leading experts in the fields of communication science, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey detailing the state of the art in speech, language, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.
* Provides the first in-depth exploration of the rapidly expanding field of communication disorders
* Examines the current debates, landmark studies, and central themes in the discipline, including analytical methods and assessment
* Includes contributions from more than 20 leading scholars to provide an extraordinary breadth of coverage of this growing, multi-disciplinary field
* Features a "foundations" section that deals with issues of central importance to all research in the field, including social and practical considerations in classification and diversity, genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention
Report
"Organized in four sections, this handbook providesdetailed reviews of many common speech and language disorders. Thelast three sections cover familiar topics - languagedisorders, speech disorders, cognitive/intellectual disorders.However, the introductory section, 'Foundations', isunique in that it addresses issues that are universal to any typeof disorder and its treatment, such as labeling, diversity,genetics, assessment, additional impairments, and more ...Recommended." CHOICE (February 2011)
