Motor Speech Disorders

First Edition

Gary Weismer

Details: 315 pages, B&W, Hardcover, 7" x 10"

ISBN13: 978-1-59756-115-0

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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.

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
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Authors

Gary Weismer

Gary Weismer, PhD, is Oros-Bascom Professor Emeritus in the Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Wisconsin-Madison. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and his doctorate from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1975. Dr. Weismer's research publications concern speech production in healthy talkers, as well as speech production and speech intelligibility in persons with motor speech disorders. Dr. Weismer served twice as Associate Editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (formerly the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research), as Associate Editor at Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica (FPL) from 2004 to 2011, and as Editor-in-Chief at FPL from 2011 to 2016. During his 35 years at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Weismer won several teaching awards, including for mentoring efforts in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Honors program. Dr. Weismer mentored 16 doctoral students during his career, many of whom are currently scientific leaders and university administrators. He is a past member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics IALP), an Honored Member of IALP, a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America, and past chair of his department. He has edited, authored, and coauthored five textbooks.

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