Motor Speech Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition offers a detailed yet streamlined introduction to motor speech disorders for graduate students and beginning clinicians. The text offers a brief historical overview of motor speech disorders, providing useful context for understanding the technology and methodology used by modern speech-language pathologists for evaluation and treatment. The text also provides a practical introduction to the human motor system and detailed coverage of six pure dysarthrias, mixed dysarthria, and apraxia of speech. Key Features: Chapter outlines identify the major topics discussed in each chapterA concise summary effectively wraps up each chapter to emphasize key points for studentsEnd-of-chapter study questions prompt review and application of topics discussed in each chapterBolded key terms throughout and an end-of-book glossaryVideos of real life cases studies featuring patients with motor speech disorders New to the Third Edition: Updated chapters with the latest research on motor speech disorders, with particular attention to new studies of treatment proceduresNow with full-color illustrations, providing significantly better visualization and understanding of neuroanatomy
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The text opens with a brief historical review of motor speech disorders, providing useful context for understanding the technology and methodology modern speech-language pathologists employ for evaluation and treatment today.
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
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...
Addresses theory, assessment procedures, treatment and management, issues in swallowing and feeding, stuttering, augmentative and alternative communication methods, and functional treatment outcomes. Extensive references.
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...
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.
This self study aims to help clinicians sharpen their ability to differentially diagnose motor speech disorders (the dysarthria and apraxia of speech)