The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders

The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders presents a comprehensive survey of the latest research in communication disorders. Contributions from leading experts explore current issues, landmark studies, and the main topics in the field, and include relevant information on analytical methods and assessment. A series of foundational chapters covers a variety of important general principles irrespective of specific disorders. These chapters focus on such topics as classification, diversity considerations, intelligibility, the impact of genetic syndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention. Other chapters cover a wide range of language, speech, and cognitive/intellectual disorders.

The Handbook of Speech and LanguageDisorders presents a comprehensive survey of the latestresearch in communication disorders. Contributions from leadingexperts explore current issues, landmark studies, and the maintopics in the field, and include relevant information on analyticalmethods and assessment. A series of foundational chapters covers avariety of important general principles irrespective of specificdisorders. These chapters focus on such topics as classificationdiversity considerations, intelligibility, the impact of geneticsyndromes, and principles of assessment and intervention. Otherchapters cover a wide range of language, speech, andcognitive/intellectual disorders.

List of Figures viiNotes on Contributors viiiIntroduction 1Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. BallPart I Foundations 91 Social and Practical Considerations in Labeling 11Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders 38Brian A. Goldstein and Ramonda Horton-Ikard3 Intervention for Children with Auditory or Visual Sensory Impairments 57Laura W. Kretschmer and Richard R. Kretschmer4 Intelligibility Impairments 99Megan Hodge and Tara Whitehill5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 115Vesna Stojanovik6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 131Bonnie Brinton and Martin FujikiPart II Language Disorders 1517 Autism Spectrum Disorders: The State of the Art 153John Muma and Steven Cloud8 Delayed Language Development in Preschool Children 178Deborah Weiss and Rhea Paul9 Specifi c Language Impairment 210Sandra L. Gillam and Alan G. Kamhi10 Pragmatic Impairment 227Michael R. Perkins11 Learning Disabilities 247Robert Reid and Laura Jacobson12 Reading and Reading Impairments 267Jack S. Damico and Ryan Nelson13 Substance Abuse and Childhood Language Disorders 296Truman E. Coggins and John C. Thorne14 Aphasia 317Chris CodePart III Speech Disorders 33715 Children with Speech Sound Disorders 339Sara Howard16 Dysarthria 362Hermann Ackermann, Ingo Hertrich, and Wolfram Ziegler17 Apraxia of Speech 391Adam Jacks and Donald A. Robin18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction 410Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn H. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders 431John A. Tetnowski and Kathy Scaler Scott20 Describing Voice Disorders 455Richard Morris and Archie Bernard Harmon21 Orofacial Anomalies 474Jane Russell22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Deficits 497Tim BressmannPart IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders 52723 ADHD and Communication Disorders 529Carol Westby and Silvana Watson24 Communication Defi cits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage 556Margaret Lehman Blake25 Traumatic Brain Injury 577Jennifer Mozeiko, Karen Lé, and Carl Coelho26 Dementia 600Nicole MüllerAuthor Index 626Subject Index 644