Through contributions from leading experts in the fields of communication science, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey detailing the state of the art in speech, language, and cognitive/intellectual disorders. * Provides the first in-depth exploration of the rapidly expanding field of communication disorders * Examines the current debates, landmark studies, and central themes in the discipline, including analytical methods and assessment * Includes contributions from more than 20 leading scholars to provide an extraordinary breadth of coverage of this growing, multi-disciplinary field * Features a "foundations" section that deals with issues of central importance to all research in the field, including social and practical considerations in classification and diversity, genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention

InhaltsangabeList of Figures vii Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball Part I Foundations 9 1 Social and Practical Considerations in Labeling 11 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball 2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders 38 Brian A. Goldstein and Ramonda Horton-Ikard 3 Intervention for Children with Auditory or Visual Sensory Impairments 57 Laura W. Kretschmer and Richard R. Kretschmer 4 Intelligibility Impairments 99 Megan Hodge and Tara Whitehill 5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 115 Vesna Stojanovik 6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 131 Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki Part II Language Disorders 151 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders: The State of the Art 153 John Muma and Steven Cloud 8 Delayed Language Development in Preschool Children 178 Deborah Weiss and Rhea Paul 9 Specific Language Impairment 210 Sandra L. Gillam and Alan G. Kamhi 10 Pragmatic Impairment 227 Michael R. Perkins 11 Learning Disabilities 247 Robert Reid and Laura Jacobson 12 Reading and Reading Impairments 267 Jack S. Damico and Ryan Nelson 13 Substance Abuse and Childhood Language Disorders 296 Truman E. Coggins and John C. Thorne 14 Aphasia 317 Chris Code Part III Speech Disorders 337 15 Children with Speech Sound Disorders 339 Sara Howard 16 Dysarthria 362 Hermann Ackermann, Ingo Hertrich, and Wolfram Ziegler 17 Apraxia of Speech 391 Adam Jacks and Donald A. Robin 18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction 410 Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn H. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine 19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders 431 John A. Tetnowski and Kathy Scaler Scott 20 Describing Voice Disorders 455 Richard Morris and Archie Bernard Harmon 21 Orofacial Anomalies 474 Jane Russell 22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Deficits 497 Tim Bressmann Part IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders 527 23 ADHD and Communication Disorders 529 Carol Westby and Silvana Watson 24 Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage 556 Margaret Lehman Blake 25 Traumatic Brain Injury 577 Jennifer Mozeiko, Karen Lé, and Carl Coelho 26 Dementia 600 Nicole Müller Author Index 626 Subject Index 644

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