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Communication and Communication Disorders: A Clinical Introduction, 3/E
Elena M. Plante, University of Arizona
Pélagie M. Beeson, University of Arizona

ISBN-10: 0205532098
ISBN-13: 9780205532094

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Copyright: 2008
Format: Paper; 368 pp
Published: 07/17/2007

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In this current and well-organized text, Plante and Beeson provide an introduction to the field of communication disorders that engages students’ interests in professional practice and welcomes them into the major.

 

This third edition retains the strong introduction to the study of human communication and its disorders across the life span.  The high-interest descriptions of communication disorders engage students planning to enter the field as well as non-majors who simply desire to better understand communication disorders.  The third edition of the book reflects a refinement and clarity of writing that makes it an ideal introductory textbook.  Case illustrations, figures, and photographs are used liberally to illustrate concepts and place them in a clinical context.  The chapters maintain a balance between speech, language, and hearing to assure a comprehensive presentation of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology.  Chapters addressing disorders include information on the scientific basis for understanding each condition as well as assessment and treatment.  The blend of science and clinical applications provides students with an understanding of normal processes and disorders. 

  • Offers a clinical, life-span focus for normal and disordered development.
  • Consistency of chapter formats by authors provides a similar focus across content domains, improving readability.
  • An integration of clinical cases throughout the text brings the book to life and gives readers an appreciation for the clinical and scientific endeavors within the field.
  • Includes information on current topics such as “late talkers,” language and literacy, dysphagia, augmentative communication, genetics in hearing impairment, otoacoustic emissions, and cognitive changes with brain damage.
  • Includes extensive use of pedagogical devices to improve student learning, including chapter introductions, clinical problem-solving questions, and case vignettes to supplement the learning process.
  • Hearing disorders is covered in separate child and adult chapters, highlighting differences in issues concerning hearing at two age levels and providing better balance between speech-language pathology and audiology.
  • Includes new book lists of popular literature at the end of the disorders chapters. These books include personal accounts of individuals with communication disorders written from various points of view.
  • Contains a blend of science and clinical practice so that it can be used both as an introduction to the major or for general education classes.

  • Introduces the concept of ‘evidence based practice’ in speech-language pathology and audiology.
  • Includes information on the emergence of literacy in childhood development in chapter 7 and disorders of reading in chapters 8 & 9.
  • Contains more clinical cases to illustrate the nature of normal development, disorders, and professional practices within the various chapters.
  • Updated sections on the nature and treatment of fluency disorders.
  • Contains updated figures and illustrations to depict normal and disordered aspects of communication.

Preface

About the Authors

 

1. Introduction to the Professions of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology.

Normal Communication.
Six Individuals with Communication Impairment.
Classification of Communication Disorders.
Careers in Communication Disorders.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.


2. The Biological Foundations of Speech and Language.

The Vocal Mechanism.
The Articulatory Mechanisms.
The Nervous System.  

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

3. Sounds in Communication.

Acoustic Aspects of Sounds.
The Spoken Sounds of Communication.
Speech Sound Development.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

4. Disorders of Speech Sound Production.

Types of Speech Sound Errors.
Speech Sound Disorders in Children.
Evaluation of Speech Sound Disorders in Children.
Intervention Methods for Children.
Acquired Speech Sound Disorders in Adults.
Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.

5. Disorders of Fluency.

Normal Disfluency versus Stuttering.
Stuttering in the Population.
Definitions.
Theories of Stuttering.
Evaluation of Developmental Stuttering.
Stuttering Therapy.
Other Disorders of Fluency.
Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.


6. Disorders of the Voice and Swallowing Disorders.

by Julie Barkmeier.

Voice Disorders.
Voice Disorders Related to Vocal Fold Tissue Changes.
Neurological Voice Disorders.
Voice Assessment and Management.

Dysphagia.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

7. Language.

The Components of Language.
Approaches to the Study of Language Acquisition.
Language Development from Sounds to Sentences.

The Development of Literacy.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

8. Disorders of Language in Children.

Language Differences.
Early Signs of a Language Disorder.
Developmental Language Disorders.

Reading Impairments.
Other Disorders That Impact Language.
Evaluation of Language Disorders.
Language Therapy.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.

9. Disorders of Language in Adults.

Aphasia.

Acquired Reading and Writing Impairments.
Right-Hemisphere Communication Disorders.
Dementia.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.


10. The Biological Foundations of Hearing.

by Theodore Glattke

Structure and Function of the Ear.

Auditory Connections in the Brain.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

 

11. Disorders of Hearing in Children.

by Anne Marie Tharpe.
Auditory Pathologies.
Degree of Hearing Loss and Its Effect on Communication.
Audiological Testing.
Management of Children with Hearing Impairment.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.

12. Disorders of Hearing in Adults.

by Linda Norrix.
Conductive Hearing Loss.
Sensorineural Hearing Loss.
Mixed Hearing Impairment.
Psychosocial Impact of Hearing Loss.
Audiological Evaluation.
Management Strategies.

Clinical Problem Solving.

References.

Readings from the Popular Literature.

13. Professional Issues.

Clinical Settings.
Interdisciplinary Interactions.
The Professional Association: The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.
Trends in the Profession.

References.

Glossary.

Author Index.

Subject Index.

“I think this text does a good job of reducing the field of communication disorders into a little over 300 pages. The examples of clients that are provided in each chapter are helpful, and may make these disorders more real to students.” —Linda Shuster, West Virginia University

 

“The book is very user friendly and it includes many good cases … I will continue to use this text.” —Patricia Mercaitis, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

“The students enjoy it, and I think it’s well written.” —Ben Munson, University of Minnesota Minneapolis

Communication and Communication Disorders: A Clinical Introduction, 3/E

Elena M. Plante, The University of Arizona
Pélagie M. Beeson, The University of Arizona

ISBN-10:      0205532098

 

“The examples of clients that are provided in each chapter are helpful, and may make these disorders more real to students.”

                                                                                         –Linda Shuster, West Virginia University

 

“The book is very user-friendly and it includes many good examples.”

                                                                    –Patricia Mercaitis, University of Massachusetts Amherst

 

“The students enjoy it.” 

                                                                            –Ben Munson, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

 

 

The Third Edition of Communication and Communication Disorders: A Clinical Introduction provides an introduction to the field of communication disorders that engages students’ interests in professional practice.

 

The authors include case illustrations, figures, and photographs liberally to illustrate concepts and place them in a clinical context.  The chapters maintain a balance between speech, language, and hearing to assure a balanced presentation of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology. Chapters addressing disorders include information on the scientific basis for understanding each condition, as well as its assessment and treatment. The blend of science and clinical applications provides students with an understanding of normal processes and disorders. 

 

Highlights of the Third Edition:

  • Introduces the concept of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in speech-language pathology and audiology.
  • Includes information on the emergence of literacy in childhood development (Chapter 7) and disorders of reading (Chapters 8 and 9).
  • Contains more clinical cases to illustrate the nature of normal development, disorders, and professional practices.
  • Updated figures and illustrations depict normal and disordered aspects of communication.

 

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