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This book facilitates treatment planning and implementation for clinicians by providing evidence-based treatment protocols with detailed plans for teaching fluency skills to adults and children. As with his other recent books, the uniqueness of this collection lies in the author's approach, as each protocol gives the clinician a plan of action.

This book is designed as a course in the phonetic transcription of normal and disordered speech. What differentiates this book from existing approaches to phonetic transcription and conversational analysis is that it concentrates on linking together layers of detail to result in a complete record for the entire range of transcribable behaviors.

Communication Development and Disorders for Partners in Service offers an introduction to topics related to typical and atypical language development considered most important to those with the potential to participate in the clinical service provision continuum.

This book provides a functional curriculum for social skill work in the group setting for children with Asperger syndrome. Adams, who is Director of the Radford University Autism Center, has been providing group intervention for children with AS for the past five years. She based this guide directly on case studies and experience.

The book intends to provide information about the syndrome, covering basic genetic concepts, and continuing with specific information about the four types of Waardenburg Syndrome as well as providing practical guidance on recognizing individuals with the syndrome, testing for hearing loss, and parent and patient counseling.

This concise book covers the disorders of the temporal bone, with up-to-date descriptions for management of vestibular schwannomas including detailed surgical approaches and stereotactic radiotherapy.

For audiology students this textbook is designed to provide comprehensive coverage of the anatomy and physiology of the central and peripheral auditory systems.

The Late Eight, now in its second edition, is a popular resource for clinicians, students, and academics working with students whose speech contains errors affecting [th] (voiced theta), [th] (unvoiced theta), [s], [z], [l], Vocalic [r], [r], [sh], or [ts]. These nine sounds typically are the last acquired by English speaking children.

Videofluoroscopy: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach is a timely volume that helps to meet the growing need for multidisciplinary team knowledge of the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). Clinicians increasingly rely on the objective examination of swallowing to create a baseline as part of the patient's diagnosis and treatment.

Details extensive discussions of normal swallow in pediatric and adult populations Provides concise outlines of the clinical examination by seven clinical specialties: Otolaryngology, Speech Pathology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, and Nutrition Multidisciplinary team approach is blended throughout the text.

With high quality digital recordings of speech samples and cases studies representing a variety of speech symptoms associated with cleft palate, this primer trains students and clinicians to reliably identify articulation, resonance, nasal air emission, and voice aspects of cleft palate speech.

For school-based speech-language pathologists, this book provides an explanation for the "Response to Intervention" model of education including an understanding of the language of education and of the very specific roles that different school-level professionals must play to make the system effective.

For any health care practitioner considering a start-up venture, purchasing an ongoing practice, reinventing their current practice or for those interested in sharpening their clinical service delivery model, this book contains critically important information essential to the operational and business management of your practice setting.

For undergraduate or graduate level courses in Communication Sciences and Disorders programs on the clinical process, this textbook provides an overview of clinical observation paired along with specific activities and assignments that could be paired with direct observation in class, a laboratory or clinical setting.

The authors have produced a comprehensive two-volume set with a combination of text and video demonstrating the clinical features of Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome (VCFS); the communication phenotype in VCFS; the natural history of speech and language in VCFS; diagnostic procedures necessary for assessing speech and language disorders in VCFS.

This is a self-help workbook that is intended for use by patients or by anyone who is bothered by tinnitus. It accompanies the two Progressive Tinnitus Management books -- the Counseling Guide and Clinical Handbook for Audiologists. This third edition of the workbook has been extensively revised and expanded to include new sections.

There can be little doubt that the huge developments in brain imaging technology over the past 15 years have opened up a whole new vista of possibilities for the assessment and treatment of human communication disorders. At issue of course is whether those possibilities are being realized and what form of influence this will have on the field.

This book provides a detailed road map for how audiologists can apply various management principles and other quality initiatives to improve both the delivery of services to patients and the overall performance of their practice. It provides tools as well as a step-by-step plan for improving quality across all facets of a practice.

This book clarifies the current state of understanding of the disorder and develops an evidence - based treatment strategy, using a number of challenging case presentations to illuminate the text. As the principal author of this landmark reference, he brings to bear his extensive expertise in the field as researcher and clinician.

A Survivor's Guide, now in its second edition, is a popular and useful guide to help those with head and neck cancer and those who care for them. This book is a valuable resource to assist those who need help overcoming the many difficult issues that confront them or their loved ones struggling with oral or head and neck cancer.

In this new book, the authors describe the preoperative aspects of Transoral Robotic Surgery (TORS), including patient evaluation, instrumentation and set-up, moving on to diagnostic endoscopic and surgical techniques for tonsillectomy, laryngectomy, tongue base and glottic resection, and speech and swallowing considerations.

Milestones: Normal Speech and Language Development Across the Lifespan is a textbook for the introductory course in Language Development for students in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Disorders, Special Education, Educational Psychology and Education. It adopts a coherent chronological approach, beginning with responsiveness to speech.

This book should help conductors adjust expectations and methods to suit the condition and abilities of older singers. Maintaining one's vocal skill in later years is the goal, since getting better may not be possible.

In Pseudohypacusis: False and Exaggerated Hearing Loss, Dr. Peck has amassed information on the subject of this condition in ways never before accomplished. He has included all related subjects and has treated the different theories and beliefs in impartial and logical ways.

Designed for clinicians, residents, and otolaryngologists wanting to sit for the American Board of Medical Specialties' conjoint Board Certification in Sleep Medicine which, on implementation in 2007, allowed Board Certified Pediatricians, Otolaryngologists, Neurologist/Psychiatrists and Pulmonologists to sit for the exam.

Designed for busy clinicians, these stimuli are designed for use as standalone resources, or in conjunction with the authors' Treatment of Articulation and Phonologic Disorders. These are presented as handy ringbound cards that cover a range of sounds or phoneme clusters. In all there are 8 stimuli, available singly or as a set.

This book brings together the latest developments on history, physical examination, clinical voice laboratory assessment, common diagnosis and treatments, and other topics important to all voice patients, including those with neurolaryngological complaints.