Main description:

The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists estimates that 2.5 million people in the UK have a communication disorder. Of this number, some 800,000 people have a disorder that is so severe that it is hard for anyone outside their immediate families to understand them. In Clinical Linguistics, Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication impairments. In chapters that are dedicated to the discussion of individual communication disorders, Cummings argues that no treatment of this area can reasonably neglect an examination of the prevalence and causes of communication disorders. The assessment and treatment of these disorders by speech and language therapists are discussed at length. This book contains up-to-date research into communication disorders and describes the various technological innovations that are integral to the work of speech and language therapists. Clinical Linguistics is appropriate reading for students, practitioners and researchers in speech-language pathology and related clinical and academic disciplines.
It contains the following chapters: The Scope of Clinical Linguistics; Disorders of the Pre- and Perinatal Period; Disorders of Cognitive Development; Disorders of Speech and Language Development; Acquired Communication and Swallowing Disorders; Disorders of Fluency; Disorders of Voice.

Contents:

1 THE SCOPE OF CLINICAL LINGUISTICS; 1.1 A New Definition of an Established Practice; 1.2 Human Communication: Processes; 1.3 Human Communication: Disorders; 1.4 The Contribution of Linguistic Science; 1.5 The Contribution of Medical Science and Its Practitioners; 1.6 The Purpose of Structure; 1.6.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 1.6.2 Clinical Assessment; 1.6.3 Clinical Intervention; 2 DISORDERS OF THE PRE- AND PERINATAL PERIOD; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cleft Lip and Palate; 2.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 2.2.2 Clinical Assessment; 2.2.2.1 Feeding; 2.2.2.2 Speech; 2.2.2.3 Hearing; 2.2.2.4 Language; 2.2.3 Clinical Treatment; 2.2.3.1 Surgical Intervention; 2.2.3.2 Speech and Language Intervention; 2.3 Cerebral Palsy; 2.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 2.3.2 Clinical Assessment; 2.3.2.1 Feeding; 2.3.2.2 Speech; 2.3.2.3 Hearing; 2.3.2.4 Language; 2.3.3 Clinical Treatment; 2.3.3.1 Feeding Intervention; 2.3.3.2 Communication Intervention; 3 DISORDERS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Learning Disability; 3.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 3.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 3.2.2.1 Feeding; 3.2.2.2 Speech; 3.2.2.3 Hearing; 3.2.2.4 Language; 3.2.3 Clinical Treatment; 3.2.3.1 Early Communication Intervention; 3.2.3.2 Speech and Language Intervention; 3.2.3.3 Augmentative and Alternative Communication; 3.3 Autistic Spectrum Disorder; 3.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 3.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 3.3.2.1 Comorbid Conditions; 3.3.2.2 Communication Features; 3.3.3 Clinical Assessment; 3.3.4 Clinical Intervention; 4 DISORDERS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia; 4.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.2.3 Assessment and Diagnosis; 4.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 4.3 Developmental Phonological Disorder; 4.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.3.3 Phonological Assessment; 4.3.4 Phonological Intervention; 4.4 Specific Language Impairment; 4.4.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.4.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.4.3 Clinical Intervention; 4.4.4 SLI and Cognitive Deficits; 4.5 Landau-Kleffner Syndrome; 5 ACQUIRED COMMUNICATION AND SWALLOWING DISORDERS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Acquired Dysarthria; 5.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.2.3 Dysarthria Assessment; 5.2.4 Dysarthria Treatment; 5.3 Apraxia of Speech; 5.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.3.3 Assessment and Intervention; 5.4 Acquired Aphasia; 5.4.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.4.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.4.3 Aphasia Assessment; 5.4.4 Aphasia Intervention; 5.5 Acquired Dysphagia; 5.5.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.5.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.5.3 Dysphagia Assessment; 5.5.4 Dysphagia Intervention; 5.6 Schizophrenia; 6 DISORDERS OF FLUENCY; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Stuttering; 6.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 6.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 6.2.3 Clinical Assessment; 6.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 6.3 Cluttering; 7 DISORDERS OF VOICE; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Voice Disorders; 7.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 7.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 7.2.3 Clinical Assessment; 7.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 7.2.4.1 Surgery; 7.2.4.2 Radiotherapy; 7.2.4.3 Drugs; 7.2.4.4 Voice Therapy.