Overview

Many children and adults experience impairment of their communication skills. These communication disorders impact adversely on all aspects of these individuals' lives. In thirty dedicated chapters, The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders examines the full range of developmental and acquired communication disorders and provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive guide to the epidemiology, aetiology and clinical features of these disorders. The volume also examines how these disorders are assessed and treated by speech and language therapists and addresses recent theoretical developments in the field. The handbook goes beyond well-known communication disorders to include populations such as children with emotional disturbance, adults with non-Alzheimer dementias and people with personality disorders. Each chapter describes in accessible terms the most recent thinking and research in communication disorders. The volume is an ideal guide for academic researchers, graduate students and professionals in speech and language therapy.

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Author:   Louise Cummings (Nottingham Trent University)
Publisher:   Cambridge University Press
Imprint:   Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
ISBN:  

9781139108683

ISBN 10:   1139108689
Publication Date:   05 March 2015
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Table of Contents

Part I. Developmental Communication Disorders: 1. Cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial anomalies John E. Riski; 2. Developmental dysarthria Megan Hodge; 3. Developmental verbal dyspraxia Brigid McNeill; 4. Developmental phonological disorder Susan Rvachew; 5. Specific language impairment Susan Ellis Weismer; 6. Developmental dyslexia Catherine Christo; 7. Intellectual disability and communication Katherine Short-Meyerson and Glenis Benson; 8. Emotional disturbance and communication Gregory J. Benner and J. Ron Nelson; 9. Autistic spectrum disorders and communication Courtenay Frazier Norbury; Part II. Acquired Communication Disorders: 10. Head and neck cancer and communication Tim Bressmann; 11. Acquired dysarthria Bruce E. Murdoch; 12. Apraxia of speech Donald A. Robin and Sabina Flagmeier; 13. Aphasia Roelien Bastiaanse and Ronald S. Prins; 14. Right hemisphere damage and communication Yves Joanette, Perrine Ferré and Maximiliano A. Wilson; 15. Dementia and communication Jamie Reilly and Jinyi Hung; 16. Traumatic brain injury and communication Leanne Togher; 17. Psychiatric disorders and communication Karen Bryan; Part III. Voice, Fluency and Hearing Disorders: 18. Functional and organic voice disorders Nadine P. Connor and Diane M. Bless; 19. Stuttering and cluttering Kathleen Scaler Scott; 20. Hearing disorders R. Steven Ackley; Part IV. Management of Communication Disorders: 21. Developmental motor speech disorders Kirrie Ballard and Patricia McCabe; 22. Acquired motor speech disorders Anja Lowitt; 23. Developmental language disorders Laurence B. Leonard; 24. Acquired aphasia Anne Whitworth, Janet Webster and Julie Morris; 25. Disorders of voice Linda Rammage; 26. Disorders of fluency J. Scott Yaruss; Part V. Theoretical Developments in Communication Disorders: 27. Motor speech disorders and models of speech production Karen Croot; 28. Adult neurological disorders and semantic models Tobias Bormann; 29. Language in genetic syndromes and cognitive modularity Vesna Stojanovik; 30. Pragmatic disorders and theory of mind Louise Cummings.

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'Dr Cummings has assembled a group of exceptionally well-qualified scholars to generate a volume in the tradition of earlier handbooks on communication disorders - one that brings it to theoretical and clinical modernity. It will become required reading for practising speech-language clinicians as well as researchers and educators within the discipline and across related disciplines such as psychology, linguistics and medicine. This handbook will be a frequently cited volume that summarizes the current state of knowledge in communication science and disorders. It also will serve as a stimulus for the enigmatic in our attempt to understand and manage the myriad impairments of our most complex cognitive function.' Malcolm R. McNeil, University of Pittsburgh 'The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders will be a valuable resource. With its comprehensive yet accessible coverage of communication disorders and their management, this volume will provide an excellent introduction for students. However the volume will also enable clinicians and researchers to update or extend their knowledge in less familiar fields. The final section of the handbook (Part V) which explores the interface between communication disorders and theoretical models of communication and cognition is a particularly welcome addition to the field and provides a series [of] thoughtful debates on the state of the art in the areas of speech production, semantics, theory of mind and cognitive modularity.' Lyndsey Nickels, Macquarie University '... an important reference guide, for the layperson and expert alike. It provides a useful and comprehensive overview of communication disorders and how they are best managed. Whilst progress has been made in recent years on understanding and treating communication disorders, there is still a long way to go. I am sure that this Handbook will be an integral part of this process.' Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and author of the Bercow Report (2008), a review of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs Advance Praise: Dr. Cummings has assembled a group of exceptionally well-qualified scholars to generate a volume in the tradition of earlier handbooks on communication disorders - one that brings it to theoretical and clinical modernity. It will become required reading for practicing speech-language clinicians as well as researchers and educators within the discipline and across related disciplines such as psychology, linguistics and medicine. This handbook will be a frequently cited volume that summarizes the current state of knowledge in communication science and disorders. It also will serve as a stimulus for the enigmatic in our attempt to understand and manage the myriad impairments of our most complex cognitive function. --Malcolm R. McNeil, University of Pittsburgh The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders will be a valuable resource. With its comprehensive yet accessible coverage of communication disorders and their management, this volume will provide an excellent introduction for students. However the volume will also enable clinicians and researchers to update or extend their knowledge in less familiar fields. The final section of the handbook (Part V) which explores the interface between communication disorders and theoretical models of communication and cognition is a particularly welcome addition to the field and provides a series thoughtful debates on the state of the art in the areas of speech production, semantics, theory of mind and cognitive modularity. --Professor Lyndsey Nickels, Macquarie University an important reference guide, for the layperson and expert alike. It provides a useful and comprehensive overview of communication disorders and how they are best managed. Whilst progress has been made in recent years on understanding and treating communication disorders, there is still a long way to go. I am sure that this Handbook will be an integral part of this process. --Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and author of the Bercow Report (2008), a review of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs.

'Dr Cummings has assembled a group of exceptionally well-qualified scholars to generate a volume in the tradition of earlier handbooks on communication disorders - one that brings it to theoretical and clinical modernity. It will become required reading for practising speech-language clinicians as well as researchers and educators within the discipline and across related disciplines such as psychology, linguistics and medicine. This handbook will be a frequently cited volume that summarizes the current state of knowledge in communication science and disorders. It also will serve as a stimulus for the enigmatic in our attempt to understand and manage the myriad impairments of our most complex cognitive function.' Malcolm R. McNeil, University of Pittsburgh 'The Cambridge Handbook of Communication Disorders will be a valuable resource. With its comprehensive yet accessible coverage of communication disorders and their management, this volume will provide an excellent introduction for students. However the volume will also enable clinicians and researchers to update or extend their knowledge in less familiar fields. The final section of the handbook (Part V) which explores the interface between communication disorders and theoretical models of communication and cognition is a particularly welcome addition to the field and provides a series [of] thoughtful debates on the state of the art in the areas of speech production, semantics, theory of mind and cognitive modularity.' Lyndsey Nickels, Macquarie University '... an important reference guide, for the layperson and expert alike. It provides a useful and comprehensive overview of communication disorders and how they are best managed. Whilst progress has been made in recent years on understanding and treating communication disorders, there is still a long way to go. I am sure that this Handbook will be an integral part of this process.' Rt Hon John Bercow MP, Speaker of the House of Commons and author of the Bercow Report (2008), a review of services for children and young people with speech, language and communication needs

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Louise Cummings is Professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University. She is a member of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists and is registered with the Health Professions Council in the UK.

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