Methods in Clinical Phonetics

This book is written for the beginning student of communication disorders with a basic understanding of phonetics, or the practising speech-language therapist whose phonetic training may need updating. It introduces the reader to the main areas of phonetics, and the main methods through which the phonetician reduces speech data to a permanent record. The book, then, illustrates the three main approaches to the investigation of spoken language; articulatory, acoustic, and auditory. Further, it describes how impressionistic phonetic transcription through symbolisation differs from instrumental phonetic techniques. For each of these areas of discussion, chapters are provided that examine the general phonetic aspects, followed by chapters that illustrate their application to clinical data. The authors are both phoneticians with experience of investigating both normal and disordered speech through both impressionistic and instrumental means, and this is the first book in this market that describes a whole range of data reduction techniques and illustrates them with data relevant to the student and practitioner of communication disorders.

This book is written for the beginning student of communicationdisorders with a basic understanding of phonetics, or thepractising speech-language therapist whose phonetic training mayneed updating. It introduces the reader to the main areas ofphonetics, and the main methods through which the phoneticianreduces speech data to a permanent record.The book, then, illustrates the three main approaches to theinvestigation of spoken language; articulatory, acoustic, andauditory. Further, it describes how impressionistic phonetictranscription through symbolisation differs from instrumentalphonetic techniques. For each of these areas of discussionchapters are provided that examine the general phonetic aspectsfollowed by chapters that illustrate their application to clinicaldata.The authors are both phoneticians with experience ofinvestigating both normal and disordered speech through bothimpressionistic and instrumental means, and this is the first bookin this market that describes a whole range of data reductiontechniques and illustrates them with data relevant to the studentand practitioner of communication disorders.

What is Clinical Phonetics?Transcribing Phonetic Data.Transcribing Disordered Speech.Articulatory Instrumentation.Articulatory Analysis of Disordered Speech.Acoustic Instrumentation.Acoustic Analysis of Disordered Speech.Auditory and Perceptual Instrumentation.Auditory and Perceptual Analysis of Disordered Speech.