Review of Speech and Hearing Sciences - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Norman J. Lass, PhD

Elsevier eBook on VitalSource

ISBN: 9780323112949

Publication Date: 10-19-2012

Page Count: 248

Imprint: Mosby

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Give your students the extra practice they need to master speech and hearing science classes and pass their credentialing exams. Perfect for use in conjunction with any textbook for undergraduate or graduate speech and hearing science course, this helpful workbook features variety of interactive anatomic identification exercises, mathematical problem sets, and study questions covering the areas of basic acoustics, acoustics of speech production, respiration, phonation, articulation, and auditory mechanism. Workbook questions mirror the topics specified by ASHA in the Knowledge and Skills Acquisition (KASA) Summary Form for Certification in Speech-Language Pathology and information covered on the Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Praxis exams to help students stay on course in their study.

Key Features
- Content follows KASA standards for speech-language pathology and audiology certification.
- Broad-spectrum of coverage in the speech and hearing sciences makes this workbook a great review tool for a variety of speech and hearing courses.
- Review sections at the end of each chapter include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true and false questions.
- Questions on anatomy will have two levels of difficulty.
Contents
1. BASIC ACOUSTICS
2. ACOUSTICS OF SPEECH PRODUCTION
3. RESPIRATION
4. PHONATION
5. ARTICULATION
6. THE CONDUCTIVE AUDITORY MECHANISM
7. THE SENSORY AUDITORY MECHANISM
8. THE CENTRAL AUDITORY MECHANISM
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Norman J. Lass, PhD, Professor, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, USA
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