Motor Speech Disorders

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ABOUT THE BOOK
Designed to work in conjunction with graduate textbooks in motor speech disorders, this collection showcases the state of the art in motor speech disorders. Leading names in the field review the history, current practice and future trends, neural models, acoustics and measurement, speech technology, and treatment approaches. Chapters are carefully constructed and include key points, summaries, references, and supplemental reading.

CONTENTS

• CHAPTER 1:
  The Shaping of a Field Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 2:
  Motor Speech Disorders: History, Current Practice, Future Trends and Goals Joseph R. Duffy
• CHAPTER 3:
  Neural Perspectives on Motor Speech Disorders: Current Understanding Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 4:
  Speech Breathing in Motor Speech Disorders Gary Weismer
• CHAPTER 5:
  Voice and Motor Speech Disorders: Technology, Data, Clinical Application Eugene H. Buder
• CHAPTER 6:
  Segmental Articulation in Motor Speech Disorders Kris Tjaden
• CHAPTER 7:
  The Role of Speech Perception in Motor Speech Disorders Julie M. Liss
• CHAPTER 8:
  Dysphagia in Patients with Motor Speech Disorders John C. Rosenbek and Harrison N. Jones
• CHAPTER 9:
  Interventions to Improve Intelligibility and Communicative Success for Speakers with Dysarthria Katherine C. Hustad and Gary Weismer
• INDEX

 

ABOUT THE EDITOR
Gary Weismer, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison, National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders.

AUDIENCE
Primary: Speech-Language Pathology

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