| Preface |
| Chapter One Introduction: Human Communication Disorders: A Philosophy and Practice of Science in ServiceNoma B. Anderson |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Who Is Served? |
| What Services Are Provided? |
| Where Are Services Provided? |
| When Are Services Provided? |
| How Are Services Provided? |
| Service and Science: How? How Fast? How Often? How Much? |
| Why Serve? |
| Study Questions |
| Part One Basic Communication Process |
| Chapter TWO Development of Communication, Language, and SpeechRobert E. Owens, Jr |
| Personal Perspective |
| Communication |
| Language |
| Speech |
| Summary |
| Study Questions |
| Chapter Three The Biology and Physics of SpeechRay D. Kent |
| Personal Perspectives |
| The Biology of Speech: The Anatomy and Physiology of Speech Production |
| The Physics of Speech: Speech Acoustics |
| Summary |
| Study Questions |
| Chapter Four Multicultural and Multilingual ConsiderationsKay T. Payne |
| Personal Perspective |
| Basic Concepts Related to Culture and Language |
| Varieties of American English |
| Language Differences and Communication Disorders |
| New Horizons in Multicultural/Multilingual Issues |
| Summary |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Chapter Five Genetics: Basis for Development and DisordersLemmietta G. McNeilly |
| Personal Perspective |
| Case Study |
| Definition of Genetics versus Genomics |
| Inheritance Patterns |
| Genetic Testing |
| Genetic Counseling |
| Gene Therapy |
| Genomic Applications |
| Role of Genetics in Human Development |
| New Genetics |
| Human Genome |
| Human Genetic Variation and Health |
| Genetics and Communication Disorders |
| Social and Behavioral Research |
| Infusion of Genomics into Speech-Language Pathology |
| Ethical, Legal, and Cultural Implications |
| Summary |
| Case Study |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Part Two Disorders of Speech |
| Chapter Six Articulatory and Phonological DisordersRichard G. Schwartz |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Introduction |
| The nature of phonological disorders |
| Determinants of phonological disorders |
| Assessment |
| Intervention |
| Summary |
| Case Study |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Chapter Seven Stuttering and Other Disorders of FluencyPeter R. Ramig |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Types, Descriptions, and Definitions of Various Disfluency Types |
| Theories of Causation |
| Normal Disfluency |
| The Development of Stuttering |
| The Assessment Process |
| Therapy for Stuttering |
| Prevention |
| Case Study |
| Some Final Thoughts by a Prodigy of Stuttering |
| Summary |
| Study Questions |
| Projects |
| Selected Readings |
| Chapter Eight Voice DisordersChristine Sapienza |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Description of Voice Disorders |
| Assessment |
| Defining Pitch, Loudness, Voice Quality, and Resonance |
| General Classification of Voice Problems |
| Trauma and Surgical Modification |
| Examples of Vocal Fold Pathologies |
| Collecting and Assessing the Data about the Voice |
| Intervention for Voice Disorders |
| Speech without a Larynx |
| Case Study |
| Prevention |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Chapter Nine Cleft Lip and Palate and other Craniofacial DisordersAnn W. Kummer |
| Personal Perspective |
| Case study |
| Structures of the lip and palate |
| Cleft lip and palate |
| Other craniofacial anomalies |
| Effect of clefts on feeding |
| Causes of speech disorders secondary to clefts |
| Normal velopharyngeal function and velopharyngeal dysfunction |
| Effect of clefts and velopharyngeal dysfunction on speech |
| Instrumental assessment |
| Treatment of speech disorders secondary to clefts |
| Importance of team care |
| Summary |
| Study questions |
| Selected readings and resources |
| Chapter Ten Neurogenic Disorders of Speech in Children and AdultsBruce E. Murdoch |
| Personal Perspective |
| Definitions |
| Classification, Causes, and Characteristic Features of Neurogenic Speech Disorders |
| Assessment of Neurogenic Speech Disorders |
| Treatment of Acquired Neurogenic Speech Disorders |
| Treatment of Developmental Neurogenic Speech Disorders |
| Summary |
| Case Studies |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Part Three Disorders of Language |
| Chapter Eleven Developmental Language Impairment during the Preschool YearsCatherine K. Bacon |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Introduction: Developmental Language Impairment in Infancy and Early Childhood |
| Nature of Developmental Language Impairment |
| Factors Underlying Developmental Language Impairment |
| Identification of Developmental Language Impairment |
| Approaches to Providing Services To Young Children With Developmental Language Impairment |
| Summary |
| Case Studies |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Chapter Twelve Language Disabilities in School-Age Children and YouthBarbara Culatta |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Introduction |
| Nature of School Language |
| Definition and Identification of Language Impairments |
| Types of Language Impairments |
| Assessment and Planning |
| Language and Literacy Intervention |
| Summary |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Chapter Thirteen From Emergent Literacy to Literacy: Development and DisordersFroma P. Roth |
| Personal Perspective |
| Historical Perspective |
| The Essential Elements of Literacy |
| Relationship between Oral Language and Literacy |
| Extrinsic Factors Contributing to Emergent Literacy |
| Aspects of Emergent Literacy |
| Children at Risk for Literacy Problems |
| Prevention, Assessment, and Intervention Processes |
| Summary |
| Case Study |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Chapter Fourteen Aphasia and Related Acquired Language DisordersAudrey L. Holland |
| Personal Perspective |
| Case Study |
| Aphasia and the Brain |
| Syndromes of Aphasia |
| Mechanisms of Aphasia |
| Bilingual and Multilingual Aphasia |
| The Person with Aphasia |
| The Natural Recovery Process in Aphasia |
| The Assisted Recovery Process in Aphasia |
| Related Disorders |
| Summary |
| Case Study |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| DVDÆs of Interest |
| Chapter Fifteen Augmentative and Alternative CommunicationKathleen A. Kangas and Lyle L. Lloyd |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Potential Users of AAC |
| Categories of AAC |
| AAC Model |
| Reasons for AAC Success |
| Communicative Competence |
| Types of Impairments |
| Assessment |
| Intervention |
| Funding and Individual Rights |
| Outcomes Measurement and Evidence-Based Practice |
| Case Studies |
| Summary |
| Study Questions |
| Selected Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Part Four Disorders of Swallowing |
| Chapter Sixteen Swallowing: Process and DisordersBarbara C. Sonies |
| Personal Perspective |
| Cultural Competence and Swallowing |
| Normal Swallowing |
| Neurology of the Swallow |
| Swallowing and Normal Aging |
| Abnormal Swallowing |
| Diagnosis |
| Signs and Symptoms |
| Instrumental Diagnostic Procedures |
| Evidence-Based Treatment |
| Compensatory Treatment Procedures |
| Case Study |
| Part Five Disorders of Hearing |
| Chapter Seventeen Hearing and Hearing DisordersFrederick N. Martin |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Introduction |
| The nature of sound |
| Disorders of hearing |
| Types of hearing loss |
| Implications of hearing loss |
| Summary |
| Case studies |
| Study questions |
| Selected readings |
| Chapter Eighteen Audiologic RehabilitationAlice E. Holmes |
| Personal Perspectives |
| Introduction |
| Amplification Devices |
| Counseling |
| Assistive Listening Devices |
| Therapy Approaches for the Hearing Impaired |
| Outcome Measures |
| Summary |
| Case Studies |
| Suggested Readings |
| Websites of Interest |
| Glossary |
| References |
| Author Index |
| Subject Index |
