Diagnosis and Evaluation in Speech Pathology (8th Edition) (Allyn & Bacon Communication Sciences and Disorders)
As>Diagnosis and Evaluation in Speech Pathologyuses a practical process approach to diagnosing and evaluating speech and language disorders, including a special focus on the interpersonal relationship between the clinician and client. Current and comprehensive, this text is ideal for students taking courses in speech pathology assessment as well as practitioners and clinicians who are struggling to stay in tune with the rapidly changing field of Speech-Language Pathology. The new edition includes balanced, expanded, and updated coverage of various topics including clinical interviewing, child language assessment, adolescent language assessment, articulation/phonology, motor speech disorders, swallowing difficulties, adult language impairment, voice disorders, fluency disorders, and multicultural issues. New To This Edition: ·       Expanded material on the concept of interviewing (Chapter 2) includesinformation on ethnographic interviewing and curriculum-based assessment that fosters sharper and ongoing clinical interaction skills in readers. ·       Expanded content on child language assessment and language disorders (Chapters 4&5)develops readers’ insights into child language and literacy, the most widespread communication disorder. ·       Added material discusses how to use assessment measures to monitor treatment progress, makingthe reader more aware of probe techniques, reevaluation resources, and continuous assessment as an integral part of the intervention process. ·       New resources to assess quality of life in adult clientsallow the reader to become more in tune with how communication disorders impact the lives of clients and gives them assessment tools for disorders of voice, resonance, aphasia/dementia, and fluency. ·       New information on adult and childhood apraxia of speech (Chapter 9)helps the reader develop a contemporary understanding of an increasingly prevalent and perplexing disorder, as well as an evolving appreciation of adolescent and adult motor speech disorders caused by traumatic brain injury and stroke. ·       Major content and organizational changes to the chapter on fluency disorders(Chapter 7) provide the reader with a contemporary insight into developmental stuttering and other forms of disfluency, along with  the ability to assess and design intervention through analysis of fluent behaviors, speech naturalness, emotional aspects, and life impact. ·       Completely updated referencesoffer the reader a discussion of new research and findings in all topic areas included in the text. ·       New and revised figures and tablesare incorporated throughout the text to make material more accessible and easier to retrieve.