Books by Louise Cummings

This textbook examines the ways in which arguments may be used and abused in medicine and health.

A comprehensive introduction to the linguistic, medical, scientific and psychological disciplines that are the foundation of speech and language therapy. This book examines professional issues in speech and language therapy and the techniques and approaches that therapists use to assess and treat clients with communication and swallowing disorders.

Public health professionals must have a sound understanding of these cognitive strategies in order to engage the public and achieve their public health goals.The book draws upon public health issues as wide ranging as infectious diseases, food safety and the potential impact on human health of new technologies.

The full range of developmental and acquired communication disorders are examined by analyzing their clinical features and explaining how therapists assess and treat them. Clinical linguistic data are given throughout, and a comprehensive companion website containing colour photographs, audio and video files and self-test questions, is provided.

Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication impairments. The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists estimates that 2.5 million people in the UK have a communication disorder. Of this number, some 800,000 people have a disorder that is so severe that it is hard for anyone outside their immediate families to understand them. In Clinical Linguistics, Louise Cummings provides a comprehensive introduction to speech and language therapy which will give SLT students an excellent starting point for a wide range of communication impairments. In chapters that are dedicated to the discussion of individual communication disorders, Cummings argues that no treatment of this area can reasonably neglect an examination of the prevalence and causes of communication disorders. The assessment and treatment of these disorders by speech and language therapists are discussed at length.