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.
• •NEW! 24 new audio and video clips demonstrating various disorders have been added to the accompanying Evolve website, totaling over 150 audio and video clips in the interactive PowerPoint presentations.
• •NEW! Clinical insights and key information summaries call out need-to-know information throughout text.