Regional Analysis (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Speech and Language: Advances in Basic Research and Practice 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
Contributors 8
Preface 10
Contents of Previous Volumes 12
Chapter 1. Contemporary Aphasia Diagnostics 18
I. INTRODUCTION 19
II. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND 20
III. APHASIA TESTING POST-1960 32
IV. WHERE HAVE THE TESTS TAKEN US? 67
V. HUMAN NEUROPSYCHOLOGY AND APHASIA 76
VI. NEURODIAGNOSTICS: NEUROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS AND APHASIA 81
VII. CONCLUSIONS AND PROJECTIONS 117
References 118
Chapter 2. Acoustic–Phonetic Descriptions of Speech Production in Speakers with Cleft Palateand Other Velopharyngeal Disorders 130
I. INTRODUCTION 131
II. VELOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE 132
III. LINGUISTIC AND PHONETIC CONSIDERATIONS OF VELOPHARYNGEAL FUNCTION 133
IV. SPEECH MOTOR CONTROL CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO VELOPHARYNGEAL FUNCTION 137
V. SPEECH PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WIT HVELOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE 142
VI. PRESPEECH AND EARLY SPEECH DEVELOPMENT IN CHILDREN WITHVELOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE 146
VII. BASIC ACOUSTIC EFFECTS OF NASALIZATION 149
VIII. GENERAL SPECTROGRAPHIC CORRELATES OF VELOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE 156
IX. SUMMARY 177
Acknowledgments 180
References 180
Chapter 3. Implications of Infant Vocalizations for Assessing Phonological Disorders 186
I. INTRODUCTION AND PURPOSE 186
II. METHODS OF STUDYING INFANT VOCALIZATIONS 188
III. TRANSCRIPTION-BASED OBSERVATIONS OF PHONETIC DEVELOPMENT 189
IV. PHONETIC DEVELOPMENT BASED ON ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS 197
V. METAPHONOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF PHONETIC DEVELOPMENT 200
VI. DIRECTIONS FOR FUTURE RESEARCH 203
VII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS 207
Acknowledgments 209
References 209
Chapter 4. A Study of Pitch Phenomena and Applications in Electrolarynx Speech 214
I. INTRODUCTION 215
II. TOWARD A MODEL OF SENTENCE MELODY:BASIC ASSUMPTIONS 223
III. ALARYNGEAL SPEECH 239
IV. EVALUATION OF INTONATED VERSUS MONOTONOUS ELECTROLARYNX SPEECH 253
V. IMPLICATIONS FOR FURTHER RESEARCH AND PRACTICAL APPLICATION 259
VI. APPENDIX 262
Acknowledgments 263
References 263
Chapter 5. The Practical Applications of Neuroanatomy for the Speech-Language Pathologist 266
I. INTRODUCTION 266
II. NEUROANATOMY 267
III. NEUROLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST 303
IV. CONCLUDING REMARKS 329
Acknowledgments 330
References 330
Chapter 6. On the Development of Motor Control in Speech:Evidence from Studies of Temporal Coordination 334
I. INTRODUCTION 335
II. PROSODY IN SPEECH PERCEPTION AND PRODUCTION 335
III. THE CONTRIBUTION OF STUDIES OF TEMPORAL COORDINATION TO UNDERSTANDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF MOTOR CONTROL IN SPEECH 337
IV. SOME BASIC ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT OF SPEECH 338
V. ACOUSTIC-PHONETIC AND NEUROMOTOR INFLUENCES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPORALLY COORDINATED SPEECH 341
VI. TWO STRATEGIES FOR LEARNING TO PRODUCE CLUSTERS OF CONSONANTS FLUENTLY 361
VII. TOWARD A THEORY OF THE DEVELOPING MOTOR CONTROL OF SPEECH 371
VIII. DIRECTIONS FOR RESEARCH 379
IX. SOME UNRESOLVED ISSUES 382
Acknowledgments 384
References 385
Index 392