Communication Disorders Sourcebook

Basic Information about Deafness and Hearing Loss, Speech and Language Disorders, Voice Disorders, Balance and Vestibular Disorders, and Disorders of Smell, Taste, and Touch

Each year, thousands of people struggle with communication disorders that affect hearing, speech and language, voice, balance, smell, taste, or touch. From children with cleft lip and palate to adults afflicted with hearing loss, people of all ages must contend with physical barriers to effective communication.

Communication Disorders Sourcebookis a comprehensive collection of authoritative information presented in a nontechnical, humanitarian style for patients, their families, and caregivers. The book's 59 chapters are arranged in four major parts:

• Deafness and Hearing Loss
• Speech and Language Disorders
• Voice Disorders
• Other Sensory Communication Disorders Including Balance, Vestibular, Smell, and Taste Disorders.

Deafness is arguably the most widespread communication disorder. The seven sections on deafness and hearing each address a specific concern, including childhood hearing problems, noise-induced hearing loss, Tinnitus, and aging and hearing loss.

Individual articles on speech and language disorders are arranged in sections covering adult aphasia, stuttering, spasmodic dysphonia, rehabilitation, and therapy and training.

Articles on voice disorders cover the National Strategic Research Plan for Voice Disorders, voice therapy and training, and speaking after laryngectomy.

Among the other sensory disorders covered are balance, dizziness, motion sickness, acoustic neurinoma, Meniérè's Disease, and smell and taste disorders.

Completing the book is a comprehensive index. Material in this book has been collected from a wide range of government agencies, professional associations, and periodicals.

What reviewers are saying . . .

"This is skillfully edited and is a welcome resource for the layperson. It should be found in every public and medical library." - Doody's Health Sciences Book Review, May 1996