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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 Emphasizes 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. --cover. I. Genetic, Neurobiological, And Neurophysiological Systems Of Communication Impairments: 1. (a)typical Language Development: Genetic And Environmental Influences -- 2. Neural Network Mechanisms Of Adult Language -- 3. Reading Impairment: From Behavior To Brain -- 4. Brain Imaging Studies Of Developmental Stuttering: A Review -- 5. Speech And Language Disorders In Children With Craniofacial Malformations -- 6. Neurophysiology And Voice Production -- 7. Neural Control Of Swallowing And Treatment Of Motor Impairments In Dysphagia -- 8. Neuropharmacologic Approaches To Aphasia Rehabilitation -- Ii. Perceptual-motor Systems Of Communication Impairments: 9. Oral Sensorimotor Development: Research And Treatment -- 10. Perceptual Processing Of Speech In Infancy -- 11. Developmental Models Of Childhood Apraxia Of Speech -- 12. Speech Recognition Skills Of Children With Cochlear Implants -- 13. Instrumental Analysis Of Atypical Speech -- 14. Contemporary Issues In Dysarthia --^ Iii. Cognitive And Linguistic-discourse Systems Of Communication Impairments: 15. What Bilingualism Tells Us About Phonological Acquisition -- 16. Information Processing In Children With Specific Language Impairment -- 17. Spelling Strategies And Word Formation Processes: Evidence From Developmental And Spelling Ability Data -- 18. Literacy Development: The Interdependent Roles Of Oral Language And Reading Comprehension -- 19. Child Word Finding: Differential Diagnosis Guides Comprehensive Intervention -- 20. The Person Behind The Written Language Learning Disability -- 21. Vocabulary And Grammatical Profiles And Relevant Interventions For Adolescents With Down Syndrome -- 22. Beyond The Theory Of Mind Hypothesis: Using A Causal Model To Understand The Nature And Treatment Of Multiple Deficits In Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 23. Language And The Speaking Mind: Brain In Stuttering --^ 24. Linguistic Disruption In Primary Progressive Aphasia, Frontotemporal Degeneration, And Alzheimer's Disease -- 25.word Retrieval Impairment In Adult Aphasia -- Iv. Social Interactional Systems Of Communication Impairments: 26. Two Challenges Of The Academic Language Register For Students With Language Learning Disabilities -- 27. African American Children's Early Language And Literacy Learning In The Context Of Spoken Dialect Variation -- 28. Treatment Approaches For Second Language Learners With Primary Language Impairment -- 29. Second Language Literacy Learning And Social Identity: A Focus On Writing -- 30. Continuities In The Development Of Social Communication: Triadic Interactions And Language Development In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder -- 31. Emotional Intelligence And Treatment Outcomes In Children With Language Impairment -- 32. Social Participation And Aphasia -- 33. Bilingualism And Aphasia --^ V. Reaching Toward Systems Interdependence: 34. Interaction Of Motor And Language Factors In The Development Of Speech Production -- 35. Neuro/cognitive And Sociocultural Perspectives On Language And Literacy Disabilities: Moving From Parallel Play To Productive Cooperation -- 36. Communication As Distributed Cognition: Novel Theoretical And Methodological Approaches To Disruptions In Social Communication Following Acquired Brain Injury. Edited By Ruth Huntley Bahr And Elaine R. Silliman. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.