The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders: (Blackwell Handbooks in Linguistics)

An authoritative overview of language and speech disorders, featuring new and updated chapters written by leading specialists from across the field The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders, Second Edition, provides timely and authoritative coverage of current issues, foundational principles, and new research directions within the study of communication disorders. Building upon the reputation of the landmark first edition, this volume offers an exceptionally broad and in-depth survey of the field, presenting original chapters by internationally recognized specialists that examine an array of language, speech, and cognitive disorders and discuss the most crucial aspects of this evolving discipline while providing practical information on analytical methods and assessment. Now in its second edition, the Handbook features extensively revised and refocused content throughout, reflecting the latest advances in the field. Original and updated chapters explore diverse topics including literacy and literacy impairments, patterns of normal and disordered language development, hearing impairment and cochlear implants, language acquisition and language delay, dementia, dysarthria, ADHD, autism spectrum disorder, and many others. This acclaimed single-volume reference resource: Provides 26 original chapters which describe the latest in new research and which indicate future research directions Covers new developments in research since the original publication of the first edition Features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech, including new insights on perception, hearing impairment, literacy, and genetic syndromes Includes a series of foundational chapters covering a variety of important general principles, including labelling, diversity, intelligibility, assessment, and intervention The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders, Second Edition, is essential reading for researchers, scholars, and students in speech and language pathology, speech, language and hearing sciences, and clinical llinguistics, as well as active practitioners and clinicians.

Table of Contents:
List of Figures vii Notes on Contributors ix Introduction 1 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball Part I Foundations 5 1 Labeling as a Sociocultural Process in Communicative Disorders 7 Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball 2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders: A Focus on Training 33 Elena Babatsouli 3 Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants 53 David Jackson Morris and Daan Van de Velde 4 Intelligibility Impairment 81 Katherine C. Hustad and Stephanie A. Borrie 5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 95 Vesna Stojanovik 6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 110 Bonnie Brinton, Martin Fujiki, and Robert Brinton Fujiki Part II Language Disorders 129 7 Autism Spectrum Disorders 131 Patricia A. Prelock 8 Language Acquisition and Language Delay 152 Paul Fletcher 9 Developmental Language Disorder 171 Sandra L. Gillam, Sarai Holbrook, and Alan G. Kamhi 10 Pragmatic Impairment 192 Louise Cummings 11 Learning Disabilities 209 Christine Brennan 12 Literacy and Literacy Impairments 237 Holly Damico, Jack S. Damico, and Ryan Nelson 13 Language and Literacy in the Context of Early Life Adversity 266 Pamela Snow, Suze Leitão, and Natalie Kippin 14 Aphasia 286 Chris Code Part III Speech Disorders 311 15 Children with Speech Sound Disorders 313 Susan Rvachew 16 Dysarthria 334 Ingo Hertrich, Hermann Ackermann, and Wolfram Ziegler 17 Apraxia of Speech 368 Adam Jacks and Katarina L. Haley 18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction 391 Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn H. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine 19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders 414 John A. Tetnowski, Kathleen Scaler Scott, and Brittany Falcon Rutland 20 Describing, Assessing, and Treating Voice Disorders 445 Richard J. Morris and Archie B. Harmon 21 Speech Disorders Related to Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction 468 Debbie Sell, Valerie Pereira, Yvonne Wren, and Jane Russell 22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Defects 495 Tim Bressmann Part IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders 529 23 ADHD and Communication Disorders 531 Carol Westby and Silvana M. R. Watson 24 Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage 571 Margaret Lehman Blake 25 Traumatic Brain Injury 590 Karen Lê and Jennifer Mozeiko 26 Dementia 613 Nicole Müller and Zaneta Mok Author Index 643 Subject Index 666

About the Author :
Jack S. Damico is Professor and Chair of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is co-editor of the Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders. Nicole Müller is Professor and Head of the Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland. She is co-founder and co-editor of the book series Communication Disorders Across Languages and formerly co-edited the journal Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. Martin J. Ball is Honorary Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University, Wales. He is co-editor of the Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech and formerly co-edited Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics.

Review :
“This kind of volume, one that brings together knowledge from different specialists and perspectives, is not just necessary but essential in order to develop a better understanding of the disorders and to improve the treatments and their positive outcomes.” – LINGUIST List 33.1511, April 2022