Language And Motor Speech Disorders In Adults

Harvey Halpern, PhD is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Professor of Linguistics and Communication Disorders at Queens College of CUNY, Flushing, New York, and Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at The Graduate Center, CUNY, New York, New York. Dr. Halpern has had a distinguished career as a researcher, clinician, supervisor of graduate students, and professor. He has written many articles and presented papers on aphasia, apraxia, schizophrenia, stuttering, and language and hearing development in infants who were institutionalized. He also has written books, booklets, and chapters in books about language disorders in adults, and has served as editor of a series of studies in communication disorders. He has taught short courses at ASHA conventions; presented at Burke Rehabilitation Center in White Plains, N.Y., New York and New Jersey state association conventions; and has chaired and served on many committees for national and local speech, language, and hearing associations. Dr. Halpern has received many honors and awards, and has been given honorary membership in the Golden Key International Honor Society at Queens College. Robert Goldfarb, PhD, is Professor and Program Director of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Adelphi University and Emeritus Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences at Lehman College and The Graduate Center, CUNY, where he was also Executive Officer. He has published extensively in the areas of adult aphasia, the language of dementia, and the language of schizophrenia. A Fellow of ASHA and a Fulbright Senior Specialist, he has received the Professional Achievement Award from the New York City Speech, Language and Hearing Association and the Distinguished Achievement Award from the New York State Speech-Language-Hearing Association.