A brief text for courses in Introduction to Communication Disorders and a supplementary text for other related
Communication Disorders and Sciences courses.
Case Studies in Communication Sciences and Disorders, an informative and relevant text, reflects case histories
clinicians will experience in understanding numerous disorders, deficits, diseases, and disabilities associated
with human communication.
Features
Features actual events and people-Allows clinicians to witness real clinical practice by examining the histories
of patients, events leading to the communication disorders, and fundamental aspects of clinical practice.
Organized around specific disorders and timely topics-Intended to reflect the wonder and complexities of this
exciting discipline-human communication sciences and disorder.
Case study format-Provides a personal look into the lives of people touched by a variety of speech, voice,
language, and hearing disorders.
Comprehensive academic review of each major diagnostic category of communication disorders-Including references,
figures, illustrations, and tables.
Provides readers from all levels of education, training, and experience with the essential academic prerequisites
to understand the case studies.
Academic reviews of etiological, diagnostic, and therapeutic aspects of the various disorders.
Clinical sidebars for each case study-Provide clinical hints, ideas, and philosophies in addition to thought-provoking
questions for the reader.
Builds on the clinical focus of the book providing valuable clinical insights into the diagnosis and treatment
of communication disorders.
Well organized with chapter rubrics, previews, summaries, and recommended reading-Provides the reader with
an organizational structure on the inside front cover of the text.
Study and discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
Table of Contents
1. Language Delay and Disorders.
2. Articulation and Phonology Disorders.
3. Stuttering.
4. Voice and Resonance Disorders.
5. Aphasia.
6. Motor Speech Disorders.
7. Dysphagia.
8. Traumatic Brain Injury.
9. Hearing Loss and Deafness.
References.
Index.
