Speech disorders : causes, treatment and social effects

Speech disorders : causes, treatment and social effects / editor, Alan E. Harrison.

Speech disorders or speech impediments, as they are also called, are a type of communication disorder where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, etc. Someone who is totally unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. Speech disorders refer to prob...

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Other Authors: Harrison, Alan E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, ©2010.
Series:Languages and Linguistics.
Subjects:
Speech disorders.
Language disorders.
Communicative disorders.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Hearing & Speech.
MEDICAL > Audiology & Speech Pathology.
Communicative disorders
Language disorders
Speech disorders
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Speech and voice disorders in Parkinson's Disease / Sabine Skodda
  • Speech and Literacy: The Connection and the Relevance to Clinical Populations / Jonathan L. Preston
  • Imaging of Brain Function with Positron Emission Tomography and its Role in Aphasia Research / Wolf-Dieter Heiss
  • Using Spanish in the Home to Promote School Readiness in English / Virginia Mann, Maricela Sandoval, Lorena Garcia, David Calderon
  • New Frontiers in Understanding Speech Sound Disorder: Unraveling the Mysteries of Genetic Causes / Beate Peter
  • Treatment Outcomes of the Intensive Stuttering Therapy for Adolescents and Adults / Rodney Gabel, Farzan Irani, Scott Palasik, Eric Swartz, Charlie Hughes
  • Is Prosody a Diagnostic and Cognitive Bellwether of Autism Spectrum Disorders? / Joshua John Diehl, Lauren D. Berkovits
  • The Multi Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) in Conjunction with Other Tests in the Evaluation of Speech and Voice Disorders: Our Experience / A. Salami, R. Mora, B. Crippa, M. Dellepiane, B. Jankowska
  • Learning Disabilities and Mathematics in Higher Education / Brian Watson, Stuart Rowlands
  • Speech Evaluation and Speech Rehabilitation after Oral and Oropharyngeal Cancer Treatment / Viviane de Carvalho-Teles, Ingrid Gielow
  • Audience Effects on Stuttering: A Japanese Case Study / Jun Yamada, Takanobu Homma
  • Silent Children: Understanding and Treating Selective Mutism / Katharina Manassis
  • Effectiveness of Speech Rate-Conversion Software for Patients with Dysarthria / Masaki Nishio, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Chikako Sakabibara, Naoko Abe
  • Speech Problems in Dyslexia: Evidence from Auditory and Visual Speech Perception / Joshua Ramirez, Virginia Mann
  • Index.

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