Skip to main content
Elsevier
View Cart

Motor Speech Disorders

Substrates, Differential Diagnosis, and Management

  • 4th Edition - October 13, 2019
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Joseph R. Duffy
  • Language: English

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Communication Sciences & Disorders**Ensure you’re up to speed with the most recent findings… Read more

Purchase options

Description

**Selected for Doody’s Core Titles® 2024 with "Essential Purchase" designation in Communication Sciences & Disorders**

Ensure you’re up to speed with the most recent findings in motor speech disorders. One of the most trusted sources on this topic, Motor Speech Disorders integrates the latest neurological research with the realities of clinical practice. The fourth edition is divided into three sections which focus on substrates of motor speech and its disorders, the disorders and their diagnoses, and finally managing various treatment types. Additionally, new research on the neurologic organization of motor control, causes of motor speech disorders, and advances in the medical and behavioral management of specific disorders is incorporated throughout. Supported by a robust evolve site, this outstanding, evidence-based resource provides everything you need to become a skilled clinical practitioner.

Key features

  • UPDATED! Over 400 literature references emphasize clinically important information for each major part of the textbook
  • UPDATED Illustrations throughout text enhance your understanding of key concepts
  • UPDATED Case studies in Disorders chapters help clarify dense and difficult content and help hone your critical thinking skills
  • Cutting-edge research with an emphasis on evidence-based practice ensures that this book contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date look at the state of motor speech disorders
  • Logical three-part organization first covers the neurologic underpinnings of speech, then the various disorders resulting from problems in the nervous system, and then the basic principles and disorder-specific management strategies
  • Summary tables and boxes offer easy access to important information such as causes and characteristics to aid in differential diagnosis
  • Chapter outline and summary sections highlight key points to help you to focus on the most significant information

Readership

Speech-Language Pathology students

Table of contents

PART 1: Substrates

1. Defining, Understanding, and Categorizing Motor Speech Disorders

2. Neurologic Bases of Motor Speech and Its Pathologies

3. Examination of Motor Speech Disorders

PART 2: Disorders and Their Diagnoses

4. Flaccid Dysarthrias

5. Spastic Dysarthrias

6. Ataxic Dysarthrias

7. Hypokinetic Dysarthrias

8. Hyperkinetic Dysarthrias

9. Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Dysarthria

10. Mixed Dysarthria

11. Apraxia of Speech

12. Neurogenic Mutism

13. Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances

14. Acquired Psychogenic and Related Nonorganic Speech Disorders

15. Differential Diagnosis

PART 3: Management

16. Managing Motor Speech Disorders: General Principles

17. Managing the Dysarthias

18. Managing Apraxia of Speech

19. Managing Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances

20. Managing Acquired Psychogenic and Related Nonorganic Speech Disorders

Product details

  • Edition: 4
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 13, 2019
  • Language: English

About the author

JD

Joseph R. Duffy

Affiliations and expertise
Division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor, Speech Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA