Books published by Plural Publishing Inc

The FILTER Approach: Social Communication Skills for Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders is a social skills curriculum workbook for use by speech-language pathologists (SLPs) and professionals providing social skills training to students or individuals with high-functioning autism, social communication disorders, and/or social anxiety.

This book covers fundamental concepts associated with image-guided surgery in order to educate practicing surgeons, as well as provide an introductory text to engineering students and junior engineering faculty.

Workbook for Speech-Language Pathology Assistants (SLPAs) and Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), as well as instructors and students, that provides a generous "toolbox" for students to implement during their field work experience.

Provides speech-language pathologists and other members of the voice team with a thorough grounding in the anatomical, physiological, and mechanical aspects of voice production, as well as an introduction to cutting-edge research in voice science.

This book provides all pediatric professionals involved in the care of dysphagic patients with a basic understanding of the complexity of this disorder, the anatomic, neurologic, and physiologic components involved, and with a wide range of management approaches based on patient needs and capabilities.

Presents the entire range of behavioral, medical and surgical voice treatment options from the perspective of a variety of specialist practitioners.

Provides an introduction to medical diagnostics and special problems with professional performers and voice users and offers a rare look at the assessment procedures used by the top voice care teams in the world.

Now in one convenient volume, this edition of Vocal Health and Pedagogy answers every question about the voice, from the physics of sounds, to vocal technique, to medications, to performance anxiety.

Presents difficult ENT cases and builds a discussion around clinical management, prevention, and the legal and ethical aspects of those cases.

Comprehensive textbook for graduate-level amplification courses in audiology programs.

A comprehensive guide on hearing loss and the law, it examines claims, court cases, and the evolution of hearing conservation.

A clinical guide that delivers a practical discussion of high quality coaching as an emerging best practice for supporting special educators of students with autism spectrum disorders including teachers, paraprofessionals, and school-based service providers, such as speech-language pathologists and occupational therapists.

"Child and Adolescent Communication Disorders: Organic and Neurogenic Bases" is a comprehensive undergraduate textbook for courses related to the organic and neurogenic bases of child and adolescent language disorders. It is a must-have text for anyone in the field of communication sciences and disorders who works with children and adolescents.

Facial Paralysis: A Comprehensive Rehabilitative Approach provides a thorough review of facial plastic surgery techniques utilized in various subspecialties. This text addresses ways to evaluate all aspects of facial nerve paralysis: diagnosis, individual etiology and management, surgical procedures, as well as preferred reconstructive modalities.

Provides information on the most significant issues in swallowing and feeding facing school-based SLPs. Topics covered are unique to a school setting ranging from organizing a team procedure in a district to serving children with complex medical issues, behavioral feeding disorders, and neurological feeding disorders.

Hearing Assistive and Access Technology provides both fundamental and current information on hearing assistive technologies including FM systems, hearing loop systems, infrared systems, various short-range wireless device communications, as well as other auditory and visual access technologies for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Adult Neurogenic Language Disorders: Assessment and Treatment - A Comprehensive Ethnobiological Approach, Second Edition examines how the country's ever-changing demographics require sensitivity and competency in clinicians treating individuals from diverse backgrounds, and also how those demographics relate to health disparities.

Provides professionals in speech-language pathology and audiology with tools to assist and support family caregivers of persons with communication disorders. It is intended for speech-language pathologists and audiologists who provide intervention for adults with chronic or disabling conditions.

Effective SLP Interventions for Children with Cerebral Palsy was developed for therapists working with children with cerebral palsy and other neuromotor disorders. This text outlines practical clinical interventions from expert clinicians and evaluates the evidence that supports these interventions.

Provides an overview of alternative approaches used to improve the quality of life of individuals with long-term chronic communication diseases. Through discussion of various methods, this text examines how professionals can inspire and plan programs that allow patients to live successfully with their disorders.

This text is a comprehensive resource guide in assessments for professionals who provide care to infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and school-aged children who are deaf and/or hard of hearing.

This book guides speech-language pathologists and students of speech-language pathology through the process of strategically inspecting the oral-facial region for structural and functional integrity.

Presents timely information regarding effective patient-centered communication in a variety of health care settings.

Provides a unique, in-depth look into all facets of marketing specific to running an audiology practice as a business.

This book provides speech-language pathologists and singing teachers with the tools to lay the foundation of their rehabilitation practice of the injured singing voice.

Covering assessment to plan of care and discharge, Here's How to Treat Dementia is the only comprehensive, all-inclusive field manual therapists need while working with the dementia population. With this timely resource, speech-language pathologists can easily access all the information they need to adequately diagnose and treat.

This book bridges the gap between theory and clinical application for electro-acoustic and electro-physiologic assessment of hearing loss across the age range. Strategies and techniques for screening and diagnosis of hearing loss are presented clearly and simply. The authors incorporate findings of accumulated clinical experience.

Pure-Tone Audiometry and Masking, one of five texts planned within the Basic Audiometry division of the Core Clinical Concepts in Audiology Series, is a text devoted strictly to these important areas.