cover image - Motor Speech Disorders - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323087605
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 09-14-2012
Page Count: 512
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $96.99

Motor Speech Disorders - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition

by Joseph R. Duffy, PhD, BC-ANCDS

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

cover image - Motor Speech Disorders - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 3rd Edition
ISBN: 9780323087605
Copyright: 2013
Publication Date: 09-14-2012
Page Count: 512
Imprint: Mosby
List Price: $96.99
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With expanded and updated information including current techniques, approaches, and case studies, the 3rd edition of this bestselling book continues its reputation as a dependable and outstanding evidence-based source on acquired motor speech disorders in adults. It covers the substrates of motor speech and its disorders, the disorders and their diagnoses, and management -- focusing on integrating what is known about the bases of motor speech disorders with the realities of clinical practice to ensure students have the key content they need to be effective practitioners.

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    • NEW! Updated content incorporates Dr. Duffy’s findings from nearly 1,000 new articles on motor speech disorders.
    • Three-part organization first covers the neurologic underpinnings of speech, then the various disorders resulting from problems in the nervous system, and then the basic principles and disorder-specific management strategies.
    • Emphasis on evidence-based practice helps distill disparate information and stresses the best practices within motor speech disorders.
    • Cutting-edge research ensures that this book contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date look at the state of motor speech disorders
    • Case studies help clarify dense and difficult content and help hone students’ critical thinking skills.
    • Summary tables and boxes offer easy access to important information such as causes and characteristics to aid in differential diagnosis.
    • Chapter outline and summary sections keep students focused on the most significant information.
    • UNIQUE! Two-color design and larger trim size help highlight key information and allow for easier lay-flat reading.

    • NEW! Updated content incorporates Dr. Duffy’s findings from nearly 1,000 new articles on motor speech disorders.
    • UNIQUE! Two-color design and larger trim size help highlight key information and allow for easier lay-flat reading.

    • PART 1: SUBSTRATES
      1. Defining, Understanding, and Categorizing Motor Speech Disorders
      2. Neurologic Bases of Motor Speech and Its Pathologies
      3. Examination of Motor Speech Disorders
      PART 2: DISORDERS AND THEIR DIAGNOSES
      4. Flaccid Dysarthrias
      5. Spastic Dysarthrias
      6. Ataxic Dysarthrias
      7. Hypokinetic Dysarthrias
      8. Hyperkinetic Dysarthrias
      9. Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria
      10. Mixed Dysarthria
      11. Apraxia of Speech
      12. Neurogenic Mutism
      13. Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
      14. Acquired Psychogenic and Related Nonorganic Speech Disorders
      15. Differential Diagnosis
      PART 3: MANAGEMENT
      16. Managing Motor Speech Disorders: General Principles
      17. Managing the Dysarthias
      18. Managing Apraxia of Speech
      19. Managing Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
      20. Managing Acquired Psychogenic and Related Nonorganic Speech Disorders
      INDEX
    • Joseph R. Duffy, PhD, BC-ANCDS, Division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor, Speech Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota
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