Clinical Linguistics

Louise Cummings is a Reader in Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University.

1 THE SCOPE OF CLINICAL LINGUISTICS; 1.1 A New Definition of an Established Practice; 1.2 Human Communication: Processes; 1.3 Human Communication: Disorders; 1.4 The Contribution of Linguistic Science; 1.5 The Contribution of Medical Science and Its Practitioners; 1.6 The Purpose of Structure; 1.6.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 1.6.2 Clinical Assessment; 1.6.3 Clinical Intervention; 2 DISORDERS OF THE PRE- AND PERINATAL PERIOD; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Cleft Lip and Palate; 2.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 2.2.2 Clinical Assessment; 2.2.2.1 Feeding; 2.2.2.2 Speech; 2.2.2.3 Hearing; 2.2.2.4 Language; 2.2.3 Clinical Treatment; 2.2.3.1 Surgical Intervention; 2.2.3.2 Speech and Language Intervention; 2.3 Cerebral Palsy; 2.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 2.3.2 Clinical Assessment; 2.3.2.1 Feeding; 2.3.2.2 Speech; 2.3.2.3 Hearing; 2.3.2.4 Language; 2.3.3 Clinical Treatment; 2.3.3.1 Feeding Intervention; 2.3.3.2 Communication Intervention; 3 DISORDERS OF COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Learning Disability; 3.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 3.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 3.2.2.1 Feeding; 3.2.2.2 Speech; 3.2.2.3 Hearing; 3.2.2.4 Language; 3.2.3 Clinical Treatment; 3.2.3.1 Early Communication Intervention; 3.2.3.2 Speech and Language Intervention; 3.2.3.3 Augmentative and Alternative Communication; 3.3 Autistic Spectrum Disorder; 3.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 3.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 3.3.2.1 Comorbid Conditions; 3.3.2.2 Communication Features; 3.3.3 Clinical Assessment; 3.3.4 Clinical Intervention; 4 DISORDERS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Developmental Verbal Dyspraxia; 4.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.2.3 Assessment and Diagnosis; 4.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 4.3 Developmental Phonological Disorder; 4.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.3.3 Phonological Assessment; 4.3.4 Phonological Intervention; 4.4 Specific Language Impairment; 4.4.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 4.4.2 Clinical Presentation; 4.4.3 Clinical Intervention; 4.4.4 SLI and Cognitive Deficits; 4.5 Landau-Kleffner Syndrome; 5 ACQUIRED COMMUNICATION AND SWALLOWING DISORDERS; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Acquired Dysarthria; 5.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.2.3 Dysarthria Assessment; 5.2.4 Dysarthria Treatment; 5.3 Apraxia of Speech; 5.3.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.3.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.3.3 Assessment and Intervention; 5.4 Acquired Aphasia; 5.4.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.4.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.4.3 Aphasia Assessment; 5.4.4 Aphasia Intervention; 5.5 Acquired Dysphagia; 5.5.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 5.5.2 Clinical Presentation; 5.5.3 Dysphagia Assessment; 5.5.4 Dysphagia Intervention; 5.6 Schizophrenia; 6 DISORDERS OF FLUENCY; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Stuttering; 6.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 6.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 6.2.3 Clinical Assessment; 6.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 6.3 Cluttering; 7 DISORDERS OF VOICE; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Voice Disorders; 7.2.1 Epidemiology and Aetiology; 7.2.2 Clinical Presentation; 7.2.3 Clinical Assessment; 7.2.4 Clinical Intervention; 7.2.4.1 Surgery; 7.2.4.2 Radiotherapy; 7.2.4.3 Drugs; 7.2.4.4 Voice Therapy.