The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders

The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders has been extensively updated and refocused to present a comprehensive survey of the latest research in communication disorders. Reflecting the rapid advances in the field, the second edition of this authoritative Handbook features in-depth coverage of the major disorders of language and speech. Accessibly structures into four sections, 26 contributions from leading experts explore current issues, landmark studies, and the main topics and themes in the fields of communication sciences and disorders. A series of foundational chapters covers a variety of important general principles irrespective of specific disorders. These chapters focus on such topics as labeling, diversity considerations, intelligibility, and principles of assessment and intervention.

With an extraordinary breadth and depth of coverage in the most crucial aspects of this growing field, The Handbook of Speech and Language Disorders, Second Edition, continues to be an invaluable guide for clinicians and researchers, and a rich source of information for students in speech-language pathology, linguistics, psychology and education.

Jack S. Damico is Professor and Chair of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences at the University of Colorado, Boulder, USA. He is co-editor of the Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders. 

Nicole Müller is Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at University College Cork, Ireland. She is the founder and editor of the Journal of Multilingual Communication Disorders and is a co-editor of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics. 

Martin J. Ball is Emeritus Professor of Linguistics at Bangor University, Wales. He is co-editor Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics and has authored and edited more than 25 books, including Clinical Sociolinguistics. 

List of Figures vii

Notes on Contributors ix

Introduction 1
Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball

Part I Foundations 5

1 Labeling as a Sociocultural Process in Communicative Disorders 7
Jack S. Damico, Nicole Müller, and Martin J. Ball

2 Diversity Considerations in Speech and Language Disorders: A Focus on Training 33
Elena Babatsouli

3 Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants 53
David Jackson Morris and Daan Van de Velde

4 Intelligibility Impairment 81
Katherine C. Hustad and Stephanie A. Borrie

5 Genetic Syndromes and Communication Disorders 95
Vesna Stojanovik

6 Principles of Assessment and Intervention 110
Bonnie Brinton, Martin Fujiki, and Robert Brinton Fujiki

Part II Language Disorders 129

7 Autism Spectrum Disorders 131
Patricia A. Prelock

8 Language Acquisition and Language Delay 152
Paul Fletcher

9 Developmental Language Disorder 171
Sandra L. Gillam, Sarai Holbrook, and Alan G. Kamhi

10 Pragmatic Impairment 192
Louise Cummings

11 Learning Disabilities 209
Christine Brennan

12 Literacy and Literacy Impairments 237
Holly Damico, Jack S. Damico, and Ryan Nelson

13 Language and Literacy in the Context of Early Life Adversity 266
Pamela Snow, Suze Leitão, and Natalie Kippin

14 Aphasia 286
Chris Code

Part III Speech Disorders 311

15 Children with Speech Sound Disorders 313
Susan Rvachew

16 Dysarthria 334
Ingo Hertrich, Hermann Ackermann, and Wolfram Ziegler

17 Apraxia of Speech 368
Adam Jacks and Katarina L. Haley

18 Augmentative and Alternative Communication: An Introduction 391
Kathryn D. R. Drager, Erinn H. Finke, and Elizabeth C. Serpentine

19 Fluency and Fluency Disorders 414
John A. Tetnowski, Kathleen Scaler Scott, and Brittany Falcon Rutland

20 Describing, Assessing, and Treating Voice Disorders 445
Richard J. Morris and Archie B. Harmon

21 Speech Disorders Related to Cleft Palate and Velopharyngeal Dysfunction 468
Debbie Sell, Valerie Pereira, Yvonne Wren, and Jane Russell

22 Speech Disorders Related to Head and Neck Cancer: Laryngectomy, Glossectomy, and Velopharyngeal and Maxillofacial Defects 495
Tim Bressmann

Part IV Cognitive and Intellectual Disorders 529

23 ADHD and Communication Disorders 531
Carol Westby and Silvana M. R. Watson

24 Communication Deficits Associated with Right Hemisphere Brain Damage 571
Margaret Lehman Blake

25 Traumatic Brain Injury 590
Karen Lê and Jennifer Mozeiko

26 Dementia 613
Nicole Müller and Zaneta Mok

Author Index 643

Subject Index 666