Motor Speech Disorders

Designed to work in conjunction with graduate textbooks in motor speech disorders, this collection showcases the state of the art in motor speech disorders. Leading names in the field review the history, current practice and future trends, neural models, acoustics and measurement, speech technology, and treatment approaches. Chapters are carefully constructed and include key points, summaries, references, and supplemental reading.

• CHAPTER 1:
  • The Shaping of a Field
    Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 2:
  • Motor Speech Disorders: History, Current Practice, Future Trends and Goals
    Joseph R. Duffy
• CHAPTER 3:
  • Neural Perspectives on Motor Speech Disorders: Current Understanding
    Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 4:
  • Speech Breathing in Motor Speech Disorders
    Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 5:
  • Voice and Motor Speech Disorders: Technology, Data, Clinical Application
    Eugene H. Buder
• CHAPTER 6:
  • Segmental Articulation in Motor Speech Disorders
    Kris Tjaden
• CHAPTER 7:
  • The Role of Speech Perception in Motor Speech Disorders
    Julie M. Liss
• CHAPTER 8:
  • Dysphagia in Patients with Motor Speech Disorders
    John C. Rosenbek and Harrison N. Jones
• CHAPTER 9:
  • Interventions to Improve Intelligibility and Communicative Success for Speakers with Dysarthria
    Katherine C. Hustad and Gary Weismer
  • Edited by: Gary Weismer

    Details:

    315 pages, Illustrated (B/W), Hardcover, 7 x 10"

    ISBN13:

    978-1-59756-115-0

    Release Date:

    01/11/2006