Books published by Plural Publishing Inc

The last volume of Emotions in the Human Voice presents the reader with information on the application of vocal emotions in the daily interaction with technology and whether the vocal emotions are universal or culture specific. This volume presents noteworthy data on cross-cultural vocal emotions and the emerging silicon technology struggles.

In this unique book on tinnitus, the authors present germinal papers and abstracts published from 1841 to 1980. The purpose of this book is to create a link between the print literature that is available as part of the tinnitus legacy and the more accessible data available from 1980 to the present.

this book is a practical guide for those seeking to lead children with hearing impairment to fluent intelligible spoken language by engaging in quality interaction at the language learning stage. Morag Clark draws directly from the cases in her own work experience all over the world and challenges professionals to examine their existing approach.

Speech Sounds contains maps of the mouth. As an atlas is a collection of maps in book form; so this book contains a collection of images or maps that have captured different aspects of the production of the consonants and vowels of English. As an atlas highlights topographies and landmarks.

Assessment in Emergent Literacy is a practical guide to identifying preschool and early school-aged children's strengths and needs across multiple domains of emergent and early literacy, to include phonological awareness, print awareness, narrative, vocabulary, and motivation. Written to serve as an ideal resource for early literacy professionals.

This book introduces background information and procedural overviews needed to assess swallowing disorders in adults in addition to offering detailed protocols for administering the assessment. The majority of protocols in this book are provided in both English and Spanish, allowing clinicians to effectively assess swallowing disorders.

While written principally for otologists in training, this stunningly illustrated volume provides much information for audiologists in recognizing and understanding common and rare conditions such as cholesteatoma, perforations, aural polyps, middle ear effusion, bubbles, glomus tumour, and more.

The role of parent-child and teacher-child shared story telling and storybook reading is a key vehicle for supporting children's development of emergent literacy and early language skills. This highly usable and practical book brings the advantages of sharing books and stories to educational and clinical settings.

A major feature of the book is that the diagnostic evaluations are based on exactly determined parameters in terms of acoustics. It is wholly unique and features contributions from many of the world's leading specialists in the field. This book should be in the library of every ENT and Pediatric ENT department.

This book covers 26 consonant sounds in both word-initial and word-final positions and 37 consonant clusters and provides five essential elements for teaching each sound: a protocol to establish baserates, a baserate recording sheet, a protocol to teach sound production, and treatment recording sheet.

This authoritative text presents the background, methodology and outcomes for Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) treatment of diseases of the head and neck. The author, an expert and pioneer in this field, discusses the indications for PDT treatment with their advantages and pitfalls.

This book addresses the "clinician side" of the therapeutic equation by spotlighting the interactional aspects of clinical work in speech-language pathology, and encourages the development of interactional skills and attitudes as the clinician gains experience. The method used to explore this topic is autoethnographic narrative.

This volume commences with a survey of the history of VCFS and provides an exhaustive description of the 190 phenotypes associated with the syndrome, including speech and language, hearing, cognition, and many other critically affected areas. The genetics of VCFS are extensively covered.

Professor Ferguson's book is the only currently available work to address the needs of experienced speech-language pathologists who are seeking to further their professional development through a deep approach to the integration of theory with practice.

This book facilitates treatment planning and implementation for clinicians by providing evidence-based treatment protocols with detailed plans for teaching fluency skills to adults and children. As with his other recent books, the uniqueness of this collection lies in the author's approach, as each protocol gives the clinician a plan of action.

This book is designed as a course in the phonetic transcription of normal and disordered speech. What differentiates this book from existing approaches to phonetic transcription and conversational analysis is that it concentrates on linking together layers of detail to result in a complete record for the entire range of transcribable behaviors.

Communication Development and Disorders for Partners in Service offers an introduction to topics related to typical and atypical language development considered most important to those with the potential to participate in the clinical service provision continuum.

This book provides a functional curriculum for social skill work in the group setting for children with Asperger syndrome. Adams, who is Director of the Radford University Autism Center, has been providing group intervention for children with AS for the past five years. She based this guide directly on case studies and experience.

The book intends to provide information about the syndrome, covering basic genetic concepts, and continuing with specific information about the four types of Waardenburg Syndrome as well as providing practical guidance on recognizing individuals with the syndrome, testing for hearing loss, and parent and patient counseling.

This concise book covers the disorders of the temporal bone, with up-to-date descriptions for management of vestibular schwannomas including detailed surgical approaches and stereotactic radiotherapy.

For audiology students this textbook is designed to provide comprehensive coverage of the anatomy and physiology of the central and peripheral auditory systems.

The Late Eight, now in its second edition, is a popular resource for clinicians, students, and academics working with students whose speech contains errors affecting [th] (voiced theta), [th] (unvoiced theta), [s], [z], [l], Vocalic [r], [r], [sh], or [ts]. These nine sounds typically are the last acquired by English speaking children.

Videofluoroscopy: A Multidisciplinary Team Approach is a timely volume that helps to meet the growing need for multidisciplinary team knowledge of the videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS). Clinicians increasingly rely on the objective examination of swallowing to create a baseline as part of the patient's diagnosis and treatment.

Details extensive discussions of normal swallow in pediatric and adult populations Provides concise outlines of the clinical examination by seven clinical specialties: Otolaryngology, Speech Pathology, Rehabilitation Medicine, Neurology, Gastroenterology, Pediatrics, and Nutrition Multidisciplinary team approach is blended throughout the text.

With high quality digital recordings of speech samples and cases studies representing a variety of speech symptoms associated with cleft palate, this primer trains students and clinicians to reliably identify articulation, resonance, nasal air emission, and voice aspects of cleft palate speech.

For school-based speech-language pathologists, this book provides an explanation for the "Response to Intervention" model of education including an understanding of the language of education and of the very specific roles that different school-level professionals must play to make the system effective.

For any health care practitioner considering a start-up venture, purchasing an ongoing practice, reinventing their current practice or for those interested in sharpening their clinical service delivery model, this book contains critically important information essential to the operational and business management of your practice setting.

For undergraduate or graduate level courses in Communication Sciences and Disorders programs on the clinical process, this textbook provides an overview of clinical observation paired along with specific activities and assignments that could be paired with direct observation in class, a laboratory or clinical setting.