Overview

Speaking is one of the most complex skills that humans perform. In our everyday communication, we transfer sentences, concepts, thoughts, and ideas. How though, is the speaker able to convert these into movements of the speech apparatus? These speech movements are the observable end-product, but what neurological, psycholinguistic, and perceptual-motor processes lie behind their production? To fully understand speech disorders, such as stuttering, apraxia of speech, and Parkinsonian dysarthria, the disruptions in this complex interplay are highly relevant. Equally important is the question of how the infant develops from random babbling to precisely controlled production of words, syllables, and phonemes. This volume presents state of the art research in the science of speech motor control and speech disorders. All the chapters take a fundamental, model-oriented perspective, as introduced in the first section of the volume. Further topics covered in this book are: brain imaging studies and the rapid progression in comprehending neural mechanisms; developmental studies revealing perceptual-motor continuities and discontinuities; psycholinguistic experimentation showing higher-order influences on speech motor control; and recent notions and applications to the understanding of speech disorders.

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Author:   Ben Maassen (Paediatric Neurology, University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) ,  Raymond Kent (Waisman Center, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA) ,  Hermann Peters (University Medical Centre St Radboud, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) ,  Pascal van Lieshout (Graduate Department of Speech-language Pathology, University of Toronto, Canada)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 17.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   0.843kg
ISBN:  

9780198526278

ISBN 10:   019852627
Pages:   476
Publication Date:   16 August 2007
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I - Modelling of Speech Production 1: Ray D Kent: Models of speech motor control: implications from recent developments in neurophysiological and neurobehavioural science 2: Frank H Guenther & Joseph S Perkell: A neural model of spech production and its application to studies of the role of auditory feedback in speech 3: Pascal van Lieshout: Dynamical systems theory and its application in speech Part II - Neural Processes 4: Hermann Ackerman, Axel Riecker & Dirk Wildgruber: Functional brain imaging of motor aspects of speech production 5: Luc F DeNil: Recent developments in brain imaging research in stuttering 6: Bruce Murdoch: Subcortical brain mechanisms in speech motor control Part III - Speech Motor Development 7: John L Locke: How do infants come to control the organs of speech 8: Christopher A Moore: Physiologic development of speech production 9: Steven M Barlow, Donald S Finan & So-Young Park: Sensorimotor entrainment of respiratory and orofacial systems in humans Part IV - Interface 10: Anne Smith & Lisa Goffmann: Interaction of motor and language factors in the development of speech production 11: Edward G Conture, Courtney T Zackheim, Julie D Anderson & Mark W Pellowski: Linguistic processes and childhood stuttering Part V - Motor Control in Disorders 12: Ray D Kent & Kristin Rosen: Motor control perspectives on motor speech disorders 13: Pascal van Lieshout, Wouter Hulstijn & Hermann Peters: Searching for the weak link in the speech production chain of people who stutter: a motor skill approach 14: Ludo Max: Stuttering and internal models for sensorimotor control: a theoretical perspective to generate testable hypotheses 15: Malcolm R McNeill, Sheila R Pratt & Tepanta R D Fossett: The differential diagnosis of apraxia of speech 16: Wolfram Ziegler & Ben Maassen: The role of the syllable in disorders of spoken language production

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