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A massive reference work on the scale of MITECS (The MIT Encyclopedia ofCognitive Sciences), The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders will become thestandard reference in this field for both research and clinical use. It offersalmost 200 detailed entries, covering the entire range of communication and speechdisorders in children and adults, from basic science to clinical diagnosis.MITECD isdivided into four sections that reflect the standard categories within the field(also known as speech-language pathology and audiology): Voice, Speech, Language,and Hearing. Within each category, entries are organized into three subsections:Basic Science, Disorders, and Clinical Management. Basic Science includes relevantinformation on normal anatomy and physiology, physics, psychology and psychophysics,and linguistics; this provides a scientific foundation for entries in the othersubsections. The entries that appear under Disorders offer information on thedefinition and characterization of specific disorders, and tools for theiridentification and assessment. The Clinical Management subsection describesappropriate interventions, including behavioral, pharmacological, surgical, andprosthetic.Because the approach to communication disorders can be quite differentfor children and adults, many topics include separate entries reflecting this.Although some disorders that are first diagnosed in childhood may persist in someform throughout adulthood, many disorders can have an onset in either childhood oradulthood, and the timing of onset can have many implications for both assessmentand intervention.Topics covered in MITECD include cochlear implants for children andadults, pitch perception, tinnitus, alaryngeal voice and speech rehabilitation,neural mechanisms of vocalization, holistic voice therapy techniques, computer-basedapproaches to children?s speech and language disorders, neurogenic mutism, regionaldialect, agrammatism, global aphasia, and psychosocial problems associated withcommunicative disorders.
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