Dictionary of Communication Disorders (eBook)

David Morris (Autor)

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2013 | 4. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-118-65387-6 (ISBN)

Infos

This dictionary provides clear and concise explanations of terms used in the field of speech, therapy pathology and relevant terms in related fields including augmentative, alternative communication, hearing, linguistic, medicine, phonetics/phonology and psychology/psychiatry.

Those working with people who have communication disorders and those who may be returning to this field will find the explanations easy to understand. Terms include assessments, therapy programmes and current theories in these fields.

This edition has been thoroughly updated. It includes useful website addresses for manufacturers and suppliers of communication aids and publishers of assessments, and where to find useful information on the internet for various conditions.

David Morris, Independent Speech and Language Therapy Consultant, UK.

Inhalt

Cover 1
Title Page 5
Copyright Page 6
Contents 7
Preface 9
THE DICTIONARY 11
Appendix I: Assessments by age groups and client groups 265
Appendix II: Speech and language development 272
Appendix III: The International Phonetic Alphabet (revised to 1989) 276
Appendix IV: Acknowledgements of trademarks and UK suppliers of AAC devices, computer hardware, peripherals and software 278
Bibliography 280

Rezensionen

"...libraries catering for speech therapists will obviously find
this essential..." (Reference Reviews, Sept 05)

"... provides a valuable resource that is especially
suitable for students or people new to the field ... according
to our students, a 'must-have'!" (Child Language
Teaching and Therapy, May 2006)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 16.1.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
• Themenwelt: Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitsfachberufe ► Logopädie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete
• Schlagworte: Age • Appendix • changes • Client • Communication • completely • Conditions • Dictionaries • Edition • Fourth • Gesundheits- u. Sozialwesen • Health & Social Care • Information • international • Internet • Manufacturers • New • older • Speech therapy • Sprachtherapie • suppliers • Technology • Terms • UK • useful • various • Way • Website
• ISBN-10: 1-118-65387-4 / 1118653874
• ISBN-13: 978-1-118-65387-6 / 9781118653876