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mit.edu>Title: The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders Series Title: Bradford Books Publication Year: 2003 Publisher: MIT Press http://mitpress.mit.edu/ Book URL: http://mitpress.mit.edu/promotions/books/FL20030262112787 Editor: Raymond D. Kent, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Hardback: ISBN: 0262112787, Pages: 650, Price: $95 Abstract: A massive reference work on the scale of The MIT Encyclopedia of Cognitive Sciences, The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders will become the standard reference in this field for both research and clinical use. It offers almost 200 detailed entries, covering the entire range of communication and speech disorders in children and adults, from basic science to clinical diagnosis. MITECD is divided into four sections that reflect the standard categories within the field (also known as speech-language pathology and audiology): Voice, Speech, Language, and Hearing. Within each category, entries are organized into three subsections: Basic Sciences, Disorders, and Clinical Management. Basic Sciences includes relevant information on normal anatomy and physiology, physics, psychology and psychophysics, and linguistics; this provides a scientific foundation for entries in the other subsections. The entries that appear under Disorders offer information on the definition and characterization of specific disorders, and tools for their identification and assessment. The Clinical Management subsection describes appropriate interventions, including behavioral, pharmacological, surgical, and prosthetic. Because the approach to communication disorders can be quite different for children and adults, many topics include separate entries reflecting this. Although some disorders that are first diagnosed in childhood may persist in some form throughout adulthood, many disorders can have an onset in either childhood or adulthood, and the timing of onset can have many implications for both assessment and intervention. Topics covered in MITECD include cochlear implants for children and adults, pitch perception, tinnitus, alaryngeal voice and speech rehabilitation, neural mechanisms of vocalization, holistic voice therapy techniques, computer-based approaches to children's speech and language disorders, neurogenic mutism, regional dialect, agrammatism, global aphasia, and psychosocial problems associated with communicative disorders. Contents: Part I: Voice Part II: Speech Part III: Language Part IV: Hearing Lingfield(s): Cognitive Science Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) See this book announcement on our website: http://linguistlist.org/get-book.html?BookID=8555.Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue