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John Oller, Jr., Ph.D. John W. Oller, Jr., Ph.D., has given a lifetime of study to language acquisition. He began his work as a professor at the University of California in Los Angeles. He went on to found the Department of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico and the Applied Language and Speech Sciences Ph.D. Program at the University of Louisiana. Stephen Oller, Ph.D. Stephen D. Oller, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Communication Sciences and Disorders Program (in the Department of Biological and Health Sciences) at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Linda Badon, Ph.D. Linda C. Badon, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her primary research papers, complementing her clinical work, deal with assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disorders as well as language, literacy, and cultural diversity. She has served on essential doctoral committees producing some of the key research presented in this book.

What are Communication Disorders? Genetics to Anatomy: Craniofacial Anomalies Auditory and Other Sensory Disorders. Systems Integration and Hearing Disorders Childhood Disorders Swallowing, Voice, and "Motor" Speech Articulation Disorders Fluency Disorders Literacy and Dyslexia Adult and Neurologic Disorders Assessment, Diagnosis, and Language/Dialect Advocacy, Law, and Ethics References Glossary of Terms Index DVD CONTENTS: The DVD contains an expanded Table of Contents with the introductions and summaries of each chapter along with working hyperlinks to URLs referred to in every chapter. It also contains all of the figures, illustrations, and media files referred to in the text, and a searchable version of all the open-ended Discussion Questions, References, Glossary, Index, and the 600 Multiple Choice Questions that are systematically linked page-by-page to the unfolding story told chapter-by-chapter. There is also a PowerPoint summary slide for each chapter highlighting key points.