The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders

An authoritative overview of language and speech disorders, featuring new and updated chapters written by leading specialists from across the fieldThe 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 interventionThe 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.

List of Figures viiNotes on Contributors ixIntroduction 1Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. BallPart I Foundations 51 Labeling as a Sociocultural Process in Communicative Disorders 7Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders: A Focus on Training 33Elena Babatsouli3 Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants 53David Jackson Morris and Daan Van de Velde4 Intelligibility Impairment 81Katherine C. Hustad and Stephanie A. Borrie5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 95Vesna Stojanovik6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 110Bonnie Brinton, Martin Fujiki, and Robert Brinton FujikiPart II Language Disorders 1297 Autism Spectrum Disorders 131Patricia A. Prelock8 Language Acquisition and Language Delay 152Paul Fletcher9 Developmental Language Disorder 171Sandra L. Gillam, Sarai Holbrook, and Alan G. Kamhi10 Pragmatic Impairment 192Louise Cummings11 Learning Disabilities 209Christine Brennan12 Literacy and Literacy Impairments 237Holly Damico, Jack S. Damico, and Ryan Nelson13 Language and Literacy in the Context of Early Life Adversity 266Pamela Snow, Suze Leitão, and Natalie Kippin14 Aphasia 286Chris CodePart III Speech Disorders 31115 Children with Speech Sound Disorders 313Susan Rvachew16 Dysarthria 334Ingo Hertrich, Hermann Ackermann, and Wolfram Ziegler17 Apraxia of Speech 368Adam Jacks and Katarina L. Haley18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction 391Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn H. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders 414John A. Tetnowski, Kathleen Scaler Scott, and Brittany Falcon Rutland20 Describing, Assessing, and Treating Voice Disorders 445Richard J. Morris and Archie B. Harmon21 Speech Disorders Related to Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction 468Debbie Sell, Valerie Pereira, Yvonne Wren, and Jane Russell22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Defects 495Tim BressmannPart IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders 52923 ADHD and Communication Disorders 531Carol Westby and Silvana M. R. Watson24 Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage 571Margaret Lehman Blake25 Traumatic Brain Injury 590Karen Lê and Jennifer Mozeiko26 Dementia 613Nicole Müller and Zaneta MokAuthor Index 643Subject Index 666