Speech Science: An Integrated Approach to Theory and Clinical Practice (with CD-ROM) (2nd Edition)
Book Features
- Author: Carole T. Ferrand
- Language: English
- ISBN10: 020548025X
Book Overview
>>>Speech Science integrates scientific material on the acoustics, anatomy, and physiology of speech production and perception with state-of-the-art instrumental tactics utilised in clinical practice. Each chapter presenting theoretical information is followed by a corresponding chapter on clinical application, demonstrating the connections amongst scientific theory and clinical management of communication disorders. To reinforce this hyperlink, situation research and concerns in each clinical application chapter support college students concentrate on how scientific principles are applied in clinical contexts. Call-out notes, summary points, and evaluation questions aid college students consolidate material for improved retention. Schematic illustrations boost the text and demonstrate anatomical and functional relationships among structures. With this student- and instructor-friendly text, students will discover theoretical data meaningful, less intimidating, and far more simply accessible. The Second Edition capabilities two new chapters on neurology that present a comprehensive but targeted discussion of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology related to speech production (Ch. 12) and examine present brain imaging strategies (Ch. 13). In each and every clinical application chapter, situation research and adhere to-up concerns reinforce the hyperlink among science and clinical application. Pedagogical aides such as call-out notes in the margins have been incorporated in all chapters to underscore crucial concepts. Plus, this edition comes packaged with a new DVD to accompany the text that gives visualizations of several important ideas, as nicely as self-check quizzes for college students to assess their understanding of the materials….
