Communicative Disorders Related to Cleft Lip & Palate
Communicative Disorders Related to Cleft Lip and Palate — Fifth Edition
The fifth edition of this classic, comprehensive text has been successfully used for more than a quarter of a century to train professional graduate students of speech pathology and audiology. This book explains how to conduct clinical research in the area of communicative disorders related to cleft lip and palate and related craniofacial disorders.
The updated book covers state-of-the-art findings of collaborative clinical research, gained mostly through the rapid progress of the human genome project and the facilitation of joint research through the Craniofacial Outcomes Registry project described for the first time ever in any book. It includes 24 integrated chapters developed by over 25 authors. This outstanding book will help your graduate students recognize the importance of early intervention, scientific diagnosis of problems, and the team approach.
New and expanded topics covered in this fifth edition include: (1) the significance and efficacy of collaborative research; (2) the quality of care provided in the field; (3) current specific techniques found effective for managing the most difficult speech patterns when subjects display strongly habituated retracted gross misarticulation error patterns due to learning to speak with velopharyngeal incompetence; and much more.
The book reviews more than 45 years of important contributions to the prevention and management of related language, speech, and hearing disorders. Communicative Disorders Related to Cleft Lip and Palate also makes a great resource for clinicians and professionals. This is a great addition to any resource library.
866 pages • 2004 • hardcover • ISBN-13: 978-0890799383