"This pioneering first edition case-based text presents a person-centered approach to a variety of speech, language, and hearing problems in individual patients of all backgrounds and ages. Each case, which profiles unique client traits as well as representative clinical patterns, inspires opportunities for the integration of course information with facilitating clinical application -- and brings the clinical process to life. Organized by client age and disorder category, Communication Disorders: A Case Based Approach emphasizes the unique experiences and perspectives of a number of experts and master clinicians. Every case follows a systematic organizational framework that considers the relevant facts and values and beliefs of those involved. Each chapter includes a summary of conceptual knowledge areas important to an understanding of the case, a detailed case description, treatment options, and current references. Inclusive and comprehensive, this book provides a foundation to inspire future clinicians to participate in and contribute to the communication sciences."--Publisher's website.
Chabon (speech and hearing sciences, Portland State U.) and Cohn (communication science and disorders, U. of Pittsburgh) offer a casebook for students in communication sciences and new clinicians that presents a client-centered approach to speech, language, and hearing problems in patients of all backgrounds and ages. Contributed by speech-language pathologists, audiologists, and communication disorders specialists from the US and Australia, the 61 cases profile unique client traits and representative clinical patterns, conceptual knowledge important to the case, evaluation, and treatment options and client response. They are organized by client age and disorder, which range from infant to adult and cleft palate to autism along with literacy and traumatic brain injury. There is no index. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
A case-based approach to communication disorders that emphasizes individuals unique treatment needs.This pioneering first edition case-based text presents a person-centered approach to a variety of speech, language, and hearing problems in individual patients of all backgrounds and ages. Each case, which profiles unique client traits as well as representative clinical patterns, inspires opportunities for the integration of course information with facilitating clinical application and brings the clinical process to life.
Organized by client age and disorder category, Communication Disorders: A Case Based Approach emphasizes the unique experiences and perspectives of a number of experts and master clinicians. Every case follows a systematic organizational framework that considers the relevant facts and values and beliefs of those involved. Each chapter includes a summary of conceptual knowledge areas important to an understanding of the case, a detailed case description, treatment options, and current references. Inclusive and comprehensive, this book provides a foundation to inspire future clinicians to participate in and contribute to the communication sciences.
Part I. Introduction Ellen Cohn (University of Pittsburgh) and
Shelly Chabon (Portland State University)
Part II: Cases: Infant or Toddler
AUTISM: Developing a communication assessment & treatment plan for a
toddler diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Special considerations -
Trisha Self & Terese Conrad (Wichita State University)
CLEFT PALATE: A toddler with cleft lip and palate: early therapy - Cynthia
Jacobsen (Childrens Mercy Hospital and Clinics)
DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY: A toddler with delayed speech and developmental
milestones - Carney Sotto (University of Cincinnati) and Erin Redle
(Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center)
HEARING: An infant with a sensorineural hearing loss - Judith Widen, Sandra
Keeneris, Teresa Kennalley, John Ferraro (University of Kansas Medical
Center)
FRAGILE X SYNDROME: Jake: The move from early intervention to early
childhood education for a child with Fragile X Syndrome - Gail Harris Schmidt
( Saint Xavier University in Chicago)
PRENATAL ALCOHOL/DRUG EXPOSURE: Alcohol and/or prenatal drug exposure -
Dorian Lee Wilkerson (Hampton University)
SICKLE CELL DISEASE: Auditory and neurocognitive impact of Sickle Cell
Disease in early childhood - Diane Scott - (North Carolina Central
University)
SWALLOWING: Oromotor entrainment therapy to develop feeding skills in the
preterm infant - Steven Barlow, MeredithPoore, Emily Zimmerman (University of
Kansas)
Part III: Cases: Preschool Child
ANKLOGLOSSIA: To clip or not to clipWhat is the answer? - Ann Kummer
(Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center)
APRAXIA: The changing picture of Childhood Apraxia of Speech: From initial
symptoms to diagnostic and therapeutic modifications - Jacqueline
Bauman-Waengler (Marquette University) and Diane Garcia (University of
Redlands)
AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION: Pediatric AAC: Kelseys journey - Carla Wood
Jackson (Florida State University)
AUTISM: Speech and language intervention for a child with autism; a
relationship-based approach - Brookes Metzler (Kansas City Developmental
Therapies)
BILINGUAL/LANGUAGE:
A preschool child who was internationally adopted - Jenny Roberts and
Kathleen Scott (Hofstra University)
A bilingual preschool child - Noma Anderson (Florida International
University), Shelly Chabon (Portland State University), Mariateresa Munoz
(Florida International University)
CLEFT PALATE/SUBMUCOUS: Submucous cleft palate: A typical case of late
diagnosis - Ann Kummer (Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center)
FLUENCY: A preschool child who stutters - Kristin Pelczarski & Scott Yaruss
(University of Pittsburgh)
HEARING: Late-identification of hearing loss: A real-world story of how a
child can fall through the cracks - Paul Brueggeman (University of South
Dakota)
LANGUAGE/SLI: Preschool child with Specific Language Impairment - Tiffany
Hogan (University of Arizona), Mindy Sittner (University of Kansas), Carole
Wymer (University of Arizona), Rebecca Volk (University of Arizona)
PHONOLOGY/ARTICULATION: Complex disorder traits in a three year old boy
with a severe speech sound disorder - Beate Peter (University of Washington,
Seattle)
VISUAL IMPAIRMENT: Cognitive-linguistic intervention with a preschool child
who has a visual impairment - Jean Pedigo (Childrens Center for the Visually
Impaired)
Part IV: School Age Child
APRAXIA: Childhood apraxia of speech: Differential diagnosis and
evidence-based intervention - Kathy Jakielski (Augustana College in Rock
Island)
ARTICULATION/PHONOLOGY: Of mouth and mind: An articulation and phonological
disorder in a young school-aged child - Sue Hale and Lea Evans (Vanderbilt
University)
AUDITORY PROCESSING: A school-age child with auditory processing disorder -
Deborah Moncrieff (University of Pittsburgh/Communication Science &
Disorders)
AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION: Assessment and intervention for a school-age
child with complex communication needs and physical impairments - Pam Hart
(Rockhurst University) and Suzie Wiley (The Rehabilitation Institute of
Kansas City)
AUTISM: A school aged child with an Autism Spectrum Disorder - Erin Brooker
Lozott & Jamie Schwartz (University of Central Florida)
BILINGUAL/LANGUAGE: Cultural and linguistic diversity: A bilingual child
with a speech and language disorder - Brian Goldstein (Temple University)
CLEFT PALATE: Blowing bubbles and rubbing lips: No cure in sight - Eileen
Marrinan & Robert Shprintzen (Upstate Medical University)
DYSARTHRIA: Acquired childhood dysarthria in a school-aged child - Petrea
Cornwell (University of Queensland and Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane
Australia) and Louise Cahill (QLD Paediatric Rehabilitation Unit, Brisbane,
Australia)
FLUENCY: Syllable timed speech to treat stuttering in a school-aged child -
Cheryl Andrews, Natasha Trajkovski, & Mark Onslow (The University of Sydney)
Treatment of cluttering in a school-aged child Kathy Scaler
Scott(International Cluttering Association), David Ward (University of
Reading, UK), Kenneth St. Louis (West Virginia University)
HEARING: Using the multisensory syllabic unit approach to treat the
fricative productions of a child with moderate-to-severe hearing loss -
Sheila Pratt (University of Pittsburgh/ Geriatric Research Education and
Clinical Center)
LANGUAGE: A school-age child with Specific Language Impairment: A case of
continuity - Amy Weiss (University of Rhode Island)
LANGUAGE/BEHAVIORAL DISORDERS: A school age child with behavior disorders
and language-learning disabilities: Applying contextualized written language
and behavioral support intervention - Robyn Ziolkowski & Howard Goldstein
(Ohio State University)
LITERACY: Treating reading and spelling skills in an elementary student -
Deborah Cron & Julie Masterson (Missouri State University)
LITERACY/PHONOLOGY: Enhancing phonological and literary skills in twins
with highly unintelligible speech - Kathy H. Strattman & Barbara W. Hodson
(Wichita State University)
SWALLOWING: Dysphagia in the schools: A case study - Emily Homer & Dorothy
Kelly (St. Tammany Parish Schools)
VOICE: Vocal cord dysfunction in a teenaged athlete - Gail Kempster (Rush
University)
Part V: Cases: Adult
APRAXIA: A novel combination approach to treating Apraxia of Speech - Julie
Stierwalt & Joanne Lasker(Florida State University)
APHASIA: A case of Primary Progressive Aphasia in the later stages of the
disease - Michael de Riesthal (Vanderbilt University School of Medicine)
Cognitive-communication impairments in a woman with right hemisphere
disorder - Scott Youmans (Long Island Universitys Brooklyn Campus)
A case of severe Wernickes receptive aphasia due to an underlying
malignancy - Elaine Sands (Adelphi University)
APHASIA/AAC: Compensation for severe chronic aphasia using augmentative and
alternative communication - Aimee Dietz, Miechelle McKelvey, Michele
Schmerbauch, Kristy Weissling, Karen Hux (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
APHASIA/MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: Acute aphasia in
Multiple Sclerosis - Brooke Hatfield & Suzanne Redmond (National
Rehabilitation Hospital)
ARTICULATION: Articulation errors secondary to dentures - Michelle Ferketic
(Special Interest Divisions and International Liaison Programs of the
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association)
AUTISM: An adult with high functioning autism: Language and communication
challenges at work - Diane L. Williams (Duquesne University)
BILINGUAL/LANGUAGE: An adult who is a non-native speaker of English: High -
Amee Shah (Cleveland State University)
An adult who is a non-native speaker of English: Low - Amee Shah (Cleveland
State University)
DEMENTIA: An adult with dementia of the Alzheimer type screening assessment
and cognitive linguistic interventions - Nidhi Mahendra (California State
University East Bay)
FLUENCY: Treatment of stuttering for an adult - Sue Obrian (The University
of Sydney), Mark Onslow (The University of Sydney), Ross Menzies (The
University of Sydney), Tamsen St Clare (Westmead Hospital, Sydney)
HEARING: Adult audiologic rehabilitation: The case of the difficult
patient? - Jill Preminger (University of Minnesota ) and Jonathan Whitton
(University of Louisville School of Medicine)
Evaluation and management of vestibular problems and tinnitus following head
trauma - Richard Roberts (Alabama Hearing & Balance Associates)
Sudden idiopathic SNHL: Autoimmune inner ear disease (AIED) - Laurie
Wells(Associates in Acoustics, Inc.)
Noise induced hearing loss: A work related investigation Deanna Meinke
(University of Northern Colorado)
HEAD AND NECK CANCER: Management of a patient with advanced head and neck
cancer - Roxann Diez Gross (University of Pittsburgh Medical Center)
LARYNGECTOMY: Mr. S: Successful voice restoration following total
laryngectomy with TEP Jodelle Deem & Ellen Hagerman (University of
Kentucky)
SWALLOWING: Diagnosis and management of adult dysphagia - Christina
Baumgartner (University of Kansas Hospital)
TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY: A holistic rehabilitation approach for a survivor
of traumatic brain injury - Pat Kearns (Clinical Services at Quality Living,
Inc), Janelle Ward (Clinical Services at Quality Living, Inc), Karen
Hux(University of Nebraska Lincoln), Dr. Snell (University of Nebraska
Lincoln)
VELOPHARYNGEAL DYSFUNCTION: Velopharyngeal dysfunction in an adolescent
girl: Neurological, behavioral or anatomical in origin? - Jeff Searl
(University of Kansas Medical Center)
VOICE: Voice therapy for an elementary school teacher with vocal fold
nodules - Judy Wingate (University of Florida)
Finding Catherines voice - Leo Dunham(Hallmark Rehabilitation at Liberty
Terrace Care Center, Liberty, MO)
Becoming who you are: A voice communication group program for a male to
female transgender client - Vicki McCready, Michael Campbell, Sena Crutchley,
Colette Edwards (University of North Carolina at Greensboro)
Shelly Chabon PhD, CCC-SLP, is a Professor at Portland State University and an ASHA Fellow. She is the co-author of three books and a language intervention program. A member of the ASHA CFCC and Chair of the ASHA Board of Ethics, she received a Certificate of Recognition for Special Contributions in Higher Education and an Apple Award for outstanding teaching.
Ellen R. Cohn PhD, CCC-SLP, is Associate Dean for Instructional Development at University of Pittsburghs School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication Science and Disorders. She is the coauthor of Videofluoroscopic Studies of Speech in Patients with Cleft Palate, and Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education (Springer-Verlag Telos, 1989).
