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The Clinician's Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech

  • 2nd Edition - October 3, 2016
  • Latest edition
  • Authors: Sally J. Peterson-Falzone, Judith Trost-Cardamone, Michael P. Karnell, Mary A. Hardin-Jones
  • Language: English

Get quick access to the most up-to-date information on cleft palate speech therapy with The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech, 2nd Edition. This textbook featur… Read more

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Get quick access to the most up-to-date information on cleft palate speech therapy with The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech, 2nd Edition. This textbook features an easy-to-use format — including many bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations — to give you instant access to the answers you need surrounding the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) on communication development in children. Updated information includes new content on interprofessional team decision-making, along with the diagnosis and management of the resulting disorders.

Key features

  • Brief summaries cover the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy on communication development in children
  • Quick-reference format includes bulleted lists, tables, and boxes for easy access to key information needed in day-to-day practice
  • Special tips boxes feature hints and additional clinical information from the authors, and other recognized experts in the field of cleft palate management

Table of contents

Preface. The Care of a Child with a Cleft

1. Cleft Lip and Palate and Non-Cleft Velopharyngeal Inadequacy

2. Feeding a Baby with a Cleft

3. Physical Management of Clefts. Primary

4. Early Phonological Development

5. Effects of Clefts and Non-Cleft VPI on Speech

6. Other Consequences of Clefts

7. Performing an Orofacial Exam

8. Perceptual Evaluation of Cleft Palate Speech

9. Instrumental Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Function

10. Physical Management of Velopharyngeal Inadequacy

11. Early Intervention for Infants and Toddlers

12. Speech Therapy For Cleft-Related Misarticulations

13. Four Multianomaly Conditions that Include Clefts

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 16, 2016
  • Language: English

About the authors

Sally J. Peterson-Falzone

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Judith Trost-Cardamone

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences, California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA

Michael P. Karnell

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Mary A. Hardin-Jones

Author
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Division of Communication Disorders, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA