Communication Sciences & Disorders

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 new edition retains the strong introduction to communication processes and disorders of the First Edition. The text presents a life-span perspective on disorders from infancy through geriatrics, covering both normal development and disorders. Each chapter reflects insights gained from firsthand clinical research and teaching experience across a variety of clinical populations. The focus on the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology are conveyed through clinical cases, discussion of professional issues, and vignettes of professional interactions in a variety of work settings. This broad-based introduction presents the range of content central to the professions, yet maintains a consistent, easy-to-comprehend style and unified voice.

• 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 student apparatus, including chapter introductions, clinical problem-solving questions, and case vignettes to supplement the learning process.

• Divides hearing disorders into 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.

• Simplifies difficult concepts and removes excess detail.

• Offers a new order of the chapters so that normal aspects and disordered function are covered in sequence for each of the areas of speech, language, and hearing.

• Includes a new chapter written by Theodore Glattke, Ph.D., on the biological basis for hearing to provide additional background support for the hearing disorders chapters and to improve the balance of information relevant to speech pathology and audiology (Ch. 10).

• Contains more clinical cases to illustrate the nature of normal development, disorders, and professional practices within the various chapters.

• 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.

Each chapter concludes with “Clinical Problem Solving” and “References.”

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

2. The Biological Foundations of Speech and Language.

3. Sounds in Communication.

4. Disorders of Articulation.

5. Disorders of Fluency.

6. Disorders of the Voice and Swallowing Disorders (Julie Barkmeier).

7. Language.

8. Disorders of Language in Children.

9. Disorders of Language in Adults.

10. The Biological Foundations of Hearing (Theodore Glattke).

11. Disorders of Hearing in Children (Anne Marie Tharpe).

12. Disorders of Hearing in Adults (Linda Norrix and Frances P. Harris).

13. Professional Issues.

Glossary.


Index.

Introduction to Communication Disorders  (Communication Sciences & Disorders)

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  Communication and Communication Disorders: A Clinical Introduction, 3/E
  Plante & Beeson
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 368 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205532098 | ISBN-13: 9780205532094
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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. 

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 new edition retains the strong introduction to communication processes and disorders of the first edition. It is complemented by a focus on clinical illustration of normal and disordered speech, language, and hearing. The text presents a lifespan perspective on disorders from infancy through geriatrics, covering both normal development and disorders. Each chapter reflects insights gained from first-hand clinical, research, and teaching experience across a variety of clinical populations. Throughout the book, professionals in the field address what they find engaging about their careers. The focus of the professions of speech-language pathology and audiology are conveyed through clinical cases, discussion of professional issues, and vignettes of professional interactions in a variety of work settings. This broad-based introduction presents the range of content central to the professions, yet maintains a consistent, easy-to-comprehend style and unified voice.

New to this Edition:

• Offers a new order of the chapters so that normal aspects and disordered function are covered in sequence for each of the areas of speech, language, and hearing.
• Includes a new chapter written by Theodore Glattke, Ph.D., on the biological basis for hearing to provide additional background support for the hearing disorders chapters and to improve the balance of information relevant to speech pathology and audiology.
• Contains more clinical cases to illustrate the nature of normal development, disorders, and professional practices within the various chapters.
• Includes new book lists from the 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.

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