Table of Contents

Every chapter concludes with “Summary,” “Reflections,” “Suggested Readings, ” and “On-Line Resources.”

1. A Journey: From Student to Professional Helping Others Help Themselves.
The Professionals.Service Through the Life Cycle.Professional Organizations.Communication Disorders in Historical Perspective.

Appendix 1. American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Code of Ethics.


2. Typical and Disordered Communication.
Human Communication.Communication Impairments.

3. Anatomy and Physiology Related to Speech, Hearing, and Language.
The Respiratory System.The Laryngeal System.The Articulatory/Resonating System.The Nervous System.Motor Speech Control.Speech Production Process.

4. Communication Development.
Differences, Dialects, Disorders.Is There a Problem?Defining the Problem.Treatment of Communication Disorders.

5. Assessment and Intervention.
Differences, Dialects, Disorders.Is There a Problem?Defining the Problem.Intervention with Communication Disorders.

6. Childhood Language Impairments.
Associated Disorders and Related Causes.Aspects of Language Affected Assessment.Intervention.

7. Adult Language Impairments.
Aphasia.Right Hemisphere Injury.Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI).Dementia.

8. Fluency Disorders.
Effects of Stuttering Across the Life Span.Fluent Speech Versus Stuttering.The Onset and Development of Stuttering Through the Life Span.Theories and Conceptualizations of Stuttering.Therapeutic Techniques Used with Young Children.Therapeutic Techniques Used with Older Children and Adults Who Stutter.Effectiveness of Stuttering Intervention Through the Life Span.

9. The Voice and Voice Disorders.
Pitch and the Pitch-Changing Mechanism.Changes in Voice Production Through the Life Span.Disorders of Voice.The Voice Evaluation and Intervention.

10. Disorders of Articulation And Phonology.
Understanding Speech Sounds.Associated Disorders and Related Causes.Language and Dialectal Variations.Assessment.Intervention.

11. Cleft Lip And Palate.
The Development of the Face and Palate.Cleft Lip and Palate Classification Systems.Clinical Features of Clefts.Etiologies of Clefts.Incidence of Clefts.Gender and Racial Difference.The Cleft Palate Team and General Management Issues.Communication Problems Associated with Clefts.

12. Neurogenic Speech Disorders.
Causes of Neurogenic Speech Disorders.Cerebral Palsy.The Dysarthrias.Apraxia of Speech.

13. Disorders of Swallowing.


14. Audiology and Disorders of Hearing.
Introduction: What Is Audiology?Fundamentals of Sound.The Anatomy of the Ear.Types of Hearing Loss.Central Auditory Processing Disorders.Degrees of Hearing Loss.Audiological Testing Procedures.Aural Habilitation/Rehabilitation.

15. Augmentative and Alternative Communication.
Types of AAC.Speech and AAC.Theory and Reality.Life Span Issues.Assessment Considerations.Intervention Considerations.An Afterward: Future of the Professions.

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