Voice, Speech, and Language in the Child: Development and Disorder

1. Attachment, Interaction and Communitive Behaviour.- The Neonatal Period.- Early Opportunities for Interaction.- Patterns of Interaction.- Interaction and Emotional Development.- Communitive Behaviour.- 2. The Emergence of the Objective World. Sensory Processing and Motor Activity.- Sensory and Perceptual Development.- Motor Development.- 3. The Emergence of the Objective World. The World Made Sensible.- The Object.- Space.- Cause and Effect.- The Nature of the Child's Environment.- Imitation.- Play.- 4. Vocal Behaviour and the Origins of Speech.- The Cry.- Early Vocal Behaviour.- 5. The Early Development of Language.- The One Word Utterance.- Two and Three Word Utterances.- 6. Deficit and Delay in the Development of Spoken Language.- Prevalence of Disorder.- The Nature of Society's Response.- The Emotional Effect of Impaired Communication.- The Detection of Delay.- The "Cause" of Delay and Disorder.- The Antecedents of Disorder.- The Nature of Developmental Delay.- The Child's Speech and Language.- Assessment.- The Approach to the Child.- The Child's Unterstanding of Speech.- Method of Scaling Disability.- 7. The Antecedents of Disorder. Reception and Comprehension.- Hearing.- Cognitive Function.- 8. The Antecedents of Disorder. Voice, Speech and Language.- Voice.- Speech.- Spoken Language.- Language Production.- Familial and Hereditable Factors.- 9. The Antecedents of Disorder. Communication.- Case Report.- Patterns of Disordered Interaction.- Case Report.- Mutism of Emotional Origin.- Case Report.- Hearing Loss.- Mental Handicap.- References.