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Introduction to Organic and Neurogenic Disorders of Communication: Current Scope of Practice
Carole T. Ferrand, Hofstra University
Ronald L. Bloom, Ph.D., both of Hofstra University

ISBN-10: 0205168671
ISBN-13: 9780205168675

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 1997
Format: Cloth; 414 pp
Published: 02/20/1997

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This introductory text provides a life-span perspective on organic and neurogenic disorders of communication. The text presents current theories in the context of clinical practice and combines a medical approach to communication disorders with emphasis on educational, social and cultural factors. Chapters focus on both traditional areas of practice as well as on new and expanded areas. Each chapter is based on current research and theory, which provides a solid and comprehensive framework for understanding these communication problems.

  • Includes traditional areas of practice (e.g. aphasia, voice disorders, etc.) as well as new or expanded areas (e.g. dysphagia, psychiatric disorders, dementias).
  • Geared primarily toward advanced undergraduate or introductory graduate coursework. Also suited for students or practicing professionals in allied health fields (e.g. OT, PT, nursing, etc.).
  • Book presents relevant anatomical and physiological information for each clinical population discussed.
  • Essential information in the areas of instrumentation, analytic techniques, and medio-surgical advances is highlighted.
  • Book provides intelligent and in-depth coverage of medically-related communication disorders and their consequences, without sacrificing readability.



 1.  The Scope of Clinical Practice in Organic and Neurogenic Disorders of Communication (Ferrand & Bloom).


 2.  Epidemiology of Risk and Socio-Communicative Development in Medically Fragile Children (Rossetti).


 3.  The Life-Long Development of Communication Skills in People with Mental Retardation (Domingo).


 4.  Psychiatric Disorders and Communication (Baltaxe).


 5.  Differentiating the Dementias (De Santi).


 6.  Cognitive-Communicative Disorders Following Traumatic Brain Injury (Coelho).


 7.  Communication Disorders Following Focal Brain Damage (Bloom).


 8.  Neuromotor Speech Disorders (Bloom & Ferrand).


 9.  Cleft Lip and Palate, Craniofacial Anomalies, and Velopharyngeal Insufficiency (Golding-Kushner).


10.  Structural and Functional Aspects of Normal and Disordered Swallowing (Logemann).


11.  Structurally Related and Neurogenic Voice Disorders (Ferrand).


12.  Alaryngeal Speech Rehabilitation (Slavin).


13.  Spasmodic Dysphonia (Stewart, Brin & Blitzer).


14.  Communicative Management of Persons with Multiple Disabilities (Flexer, Gillette & Wray).


15.  Deaf, Deafened, and Hard-of-Hearing Individuals: Communication, Education, and Rehabilitation (Israelite & Jennings).

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