With expanded and updated information including current techniques, approaches, and case studies, the 2nd edition of this bestselling book continues its reputation as a dependable and outstanding evidence-based source on acquired motor speech disorders in adults. It covers the substrates of motor speech and its disorders, the disorders and their diagnoses, and management -- focusing on integrating what is known about the bases of motor speech disorders with the realities of clinical practice to ensure readers have the key content they need to be effective practitioners.
Hixon TI, Hoit ID: Physical examination of the abdominal wall by the speech-language pathologist, Am I Speech-Lang Pathol 8:335, 1999. Hixon TI, Hoit ID: Physical examination of the diaphragm by the speech-language pathologist, ...
This text contains several noteworthy modifications. 1. DVD - contains 26 video segments showing children and adults with dysarthria and apraxia OF SPEECH engaged in a range OF speaking tasks.
Addresses theory, assessment procedures, treatment and management, issues in swallowing and feeding, stuttering, augmentative and alternative communication methods, and functional treatment outcomes. Extensive references.
Hixon TJ, Hoit JD: Physical examination of the abdominal wall by the speech-language pathologist, Am J Speech-Lang Pathol 8:335, 1999. Hixon TJ, Hoit JD: Physical examination of the diaphragm by the speech-language pathologist, ...
This book aims to aid understanding of the nature of motor speech disorders from a cross-language perspective, in contrast to the largely English-centric nature of research and practice recommendations to date.
Motor Speech Disorders
CONTENTSForeward by Leonard L. LaPointe, Ph.D... Preface.. Prologue: A Human Perspective..An Historic Perspective..Theoretical Underpinnings: A Neurolinguistic Perspective..A Motolinguistic Perspective..Developmental and Clinical Profiles..Motor Performance..Speech Performance..Language Performance..Assessment Strategies: A Sense of Perspective..Intervention...
Based on selected papers given at the Conference on Motor Speech Disorders held in 1992 at Boulder, Colorado, this volume presents original research on a broad range of motor speech...
Assessment of Motor Speech Disorders
This book is written to minimize frustration and maximize the likelihood of success by providing step-by-step, sequentially ordered behavioral exercises for treating the various speech subsystem disturbances exhibited by patients...