Routledge Handbook of Communication Disorders

The Routledge Handbook of Communication Disorders provides an update on key issues and research in the clinical application of the speech, language and hearing sciences in both children and adults.

Focusing on areas of cutting-edge research, this handbook showcases what we know about communication disorders, and their assessment and treatment. It emphasises the application of theory to clinical practice throughout, and is arranged by the four key bases of communication impairments:

• Neural/Genetic Bases
• Perceptual-Motor Bases
• Cognitive-Linguistic Bases
• Socio-Cultural Bases.

The handbook ends with an integrative section, which looks at innovative ways of working across domains to arrive at novel assessment and treatment ideas. It is an important reference work for researchers, students and practitioners working in communication science and speech and language therapy.

Table of Contents

General Introduction Ruth H. Bahr and Elaine R. Silliman

Part 1: Genetic, Neurobiological, and Neurophysiological Systems of Communication Impairments

1. (A)typical Language Development: Genetic and Environmental Influences Natalia Rakhlin and Elena Grigorenko
2. Neural Network Mechanisms and Adult Language Stephen E. Nadeau
3. Reading Impairment: From Behavior to Brain Willy Serniclaes and Liliane Springer-Charolles
4. Brain Imaging Studies of Developmental Stuttering: A Review Luc de Nil and Deryk Beal
5. Speech and Language Disorders in Children with Craniofacial Malformations Robert J Shprintzen
6. Neurophysiology and Voice Production Eileen M. Finnegan
7. Neural Control of Swallowing and Treatment of Motor Impairments in Dysphagia Aarthi Madhavan, Nancy J. Haak, Giselle D. Carnaby and Michael A. Crary
8. Neuropharmacologic Approaches to Aphasia Rehabilitation Marcelo L. Berthier, Guadalupe Dávila and Maria José Torres-Prioris

Part 2: Perceptual-Motor Systems of Communication Impairments

9. Oral Sensorimotor Development: Research and Treatment Steven M. Barlow and Austin Oder
10. Perceptual Processing of Speech in Infancy Barbara Conboy and Alexis Bosseler
11. Developmental Models of Childhood Apraxia of Speech Ben A.M. Maassen
12. Speech Recognition Skills of Children with Cochlear Implants Laurie S. Eisenberg, Dianne Hammes Ganguly, Karen C. Johnson, Amy S. Martinez and Nae-Yuh Wang
13. Instrumental Analysis of Atypical Speech Sara Howard and Barry Heselwood
14. Contemporary Issues in Dysarthia Kris Tjaden, Jennifer Lam and Lynda Feenaughty

Part 3: Cognitive and Linguistic-Discourse Systems of Communication Impairments

15. What Bilingualism Tells us About Phonological Acquisition Elena Babatsouli and David Ingram
16. Information Processing in Children with Specific Language Impairment James W. Montgomery, Ronald B. Gillam and Julia L. Evans
17. Spelling Strategies and Word Formation Processes: Evidence from Developmental and Spelling Ability Data Ruth H. Bahr
18. Literacy Development: The Interdependent Roles of Oral Language and reading Comprehension Kate Cain
19. Child Word Finding: Differential Diagnosis Guides Comprehensive Intervention Diane J. German
20. Person Behind the Written Language Learning Disability Kerri Wingert, Roxana del Campo and Virginia W. Berninger
21. Vocabulary and Grammatical Profiles and Relevant Interventions for Adolescents with Down Syndrome Lizbeth Finestack
22. Beyond the Theory of Mind Hypothesis: Using a Causal Model to Understand the Nature and Treatment of Multiple Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder Tiffany L. Hutchins and Patricia A. Prelock
23. Language and the Speaking Mind: Brain in Stuttering Nathan Maxfield
24. Linguistic Disruption in Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, and Alzheimer's Disease Amanda Garcia and Jamie Reilly

25.Word Retrieval Impairment in Adult Aphasia Myrna F. Schwartz, Erica L. Middleton and Roy Hamilton

Part 4: Social Interactional Systems of Communication Impairments

26. Two Challenges of the Academic Language Register for Students with Language Learning Disabilities Elaine R. Silliman and Louise C. Wilkinson

27. African American Children's Early Language and Literacy Learning in the Context of Spoken Dialect Variation Nicole Patton-Terry, Megan C. Brown, and Adrienne Stuckey

28. Treatment Approaches for Second Language Learners with Primary Language Impairment Kathryn Kohnert

29. Second Language-literacy Learning and Social Identity: A Focus on Writing Robin L. Danzak

30. Continuities in the Development of Social Communication: Triadic Interactions and Language Development in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder Julie Longard and Chris Moore

31. Emotional Intelligence and Treatment Outcomes in Children with Language Impairment Bonnie Brinton and Martin Fujiki

32. Social Participation and Aphasia Madeline Cruice

33. Bilingualism and Aphasia Mira Goral

Part 5: Reaching Towards Systems Interdependence

34. Interaction of Motor and Language Factors in the Development of Speech Production Meredith Saletta, Allison Gladfelter, Janet Vuolo and Lisa Goffman

35. Neuro/Cognitive and Sociocultural Perspectives on Language and Literacy Disabilities: Moving from Parallel Play to Productive Cooperation C. Addison Stone

36. Communication as Distributed Cognition: Novel Theoretical and Methodological to Disruptions in Social Communication Following Acquired Brain Injury Mellisa C. Duff, Bilge Mutlu, Lindsey Byom and Lyn S. Turkstra