| Communication Disorders in Spanish Speak: Theoretical, Research and Clinical Aspects Contributor(s): Centeno, José G. (Editor), Anderson, Raquel T. (Editor), Obler, Loraine K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1853599727 ISBN-13: 9781853599729 Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited OUR PRICE: $123.45 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Foreign Language Study - Medical | Health Care Delivery - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Dewey: 362.196 |
| LCCN: 2007006872 |
| Series: Communication Disorders Across Languages |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" (1.40 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Spanish speakers, whether in monolingual or bilingual situations, or in majority or minority contexts, represent a considerable population worldwide. Spanish speakers in the U.S. constitute an illustrative context of the challenges faced by speech-language practitioners to provide realistic services to an increasing and diverse Spanish-speaking caseload. There is still considerable paucity in the amount of literature on Hispanic individuals with clinical relevance in speech-language pathology. Particularly lacking are works that link both empirical and theoretical bases to evidence-based procedures for child and adult Spanish users with communication disorders. Further, because communication skills depend on multiple phenomena beyond strictly linguistic factors, speech-language students and practitioners require multidisciplinary bases to realistically understand Spanish clients' communication performance. This volume attempts to address those gaps. This publication takes a multidisciplinary approach that integrates both theoretical and empirical grounds from Speech-Language Pathology, Neurolinguistics, Neuropsychology, Education, and Clinical Psychology to develop evidence-based clinical procedures for monolingual Spanish and bilingual Spanish-English children and adults with communication disorders. |
Contributor Bio(s): Obler, Loraine K.: - Loraine K. Obler, Ph.D. is a Distinguished Professor at the CUNY Graduate Center, with appointments in both Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences and Linguistics, as well as at the Harold Goodglass Aphasia Research Center of the Boston University School of Medicine. She has co-authored articles and books on her areas of interest: neurolinguistics, bilingualism and the brain, cross-language study of aphasia, and language in aging. http: //web.gc.cuny.edu/speechandhearing/faculty/lobler.asp |