The Source for Dysarthria–Second Edition Nancy B. Swigert

Description Ages: Birth-Adult This second edition provides a refresher on the neurology of dysarthria as well as current information and lots of helpful tools for assessment, treatment planning, and treatment techniques. The Source for Dysarthria–Second Edition approach is organized around a perceptual framework, meaning it is based on using your listening skills to help make decisions about diagnosis and treatment (in contrast to using instrumental assessment). The information helps you: understand the interrelationships among respiration, phonation, resonance, articulation, and prosody determine possible causes for the observed symptoms incorporate long-term goals of intelligibility, comprehensibility, efficiency, and naturalness The author explains the intricacies of dysarthria evaluation and gives guidelines for a differential diagnosis. A description of each type of dysarthria include: possible medical diagnoses associated neurological symptoms and reflexes typical patie