Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, Perception, now in its second edition, is the text of choice for undergraduate and graduate courses in speech science. Written in a user-friendly style by three distinguished scientists/ editors/ clinicians who have taught the course to thousands of students at premier educational programs, the text comprehensively covers anatomy, physiology, acoustics, perception, and swallowing. This book helps speech-language pathologists in training understand the science that underpins their work and provides a framework for the evaluation and management of their future clients. It provides all that instructors need to ensure that their students are fully ready for their clinical practicum training. <ul>
<li>Describes scientific principles explicitly and in translational terms that emphasize their relevance to clinical practice</li> <li>Features original, full-color illustrations and artwork designed to be instructive learning tools</li> <li>Includes clinical scenarios woven into the text to emphasize the relevance of the concepts presented and focus the discussion on humanistic values</li> <li>Incorporates analogies that aid thinking about processes from different perspectives</li> <li>Features "sidetracks" that relate interesting historical and contemporary facts to the discipline of speech science</li> <li>Provides a framework for conceptualizing the uses, subsystems, and levels of observation of speech production, speech, and swallowing</li> <li>Includes material that is ideal for preparing both undergraduate and graduate for clinical study</li>
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The second edition of Preclinical Speech Science includes updates of existing chapters, plus a comprehensive, detailed new chapter titled "Brain Structures and Mechanisms for Speech, Language, and Hearing." As in the first edition chapters, this new chapter contains beautifully drawn, full-color, detailed artwork to facilitate the task of learning nervous system structures and physiology. The chapter concludes with a unique section on a brain-based model of communication skills in humans. 
 With its new chapter, plus the updates to the first-edition chapters, Preclinical Speech Science, Second Edition has solidified its place as a leading textbook for undergraduate and graduate coursework in speech science.

Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception

Medical Books

Hixon, Thomas J.

Weismer, Gary

Hoit, Jeannette D.

Basic Sciences

Plural Pub Inc

Foundations of Speech and Hearing: Anatomy and Physiology is a comprehensive textbook for undergraduate-level anatomy and physiology courses in communication sciences and disorders programs that is neither oversimplified nor excessively detailed. The book is written with clinical endpoints in mind and only those topics that are ultimately important to understanding, evaluating, and managing clients with speech, hearing, and swallowing disorders are covered. Drawn from the best selling Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception, Second Edition textbook (Hixon, Weismer, &amp; Hoit, 2014), the authors distilled and simplified the chapters on breathing and speech production, laryngeal function and speech production, velopharyngeal-nasal function and speech production, pharyngeal-oral function and speech production, brain structures and mechanisms, and swallowing to ensure they are approachable for entry-level students. They also added a new chapter on the anatomy and physiology of the auditory system.
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<li>Numerous beautiful, full-color illustrations</li> <li>Presents complex information clearly in a concise, easy-to-understand manner</li> <li>Written with a practical focus in mind</li> <li>Supplementary resources on a PluralPlus companion website including an image bank, study questions, and exercises</li>
NOTE:This book comes with supplementary content on a PluralPlus companion website. If you purchase or rent a used copy of the printed book, the code to access the website printed inside the book may have been previously redeemed/used or be incorrect and you will not be able to use it. To guarantee access to the website, it is recommended you purchase a new copy of this book directly from Amazon or the publisher, Plural Publishing.
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Foundations of Speech and Hearing: Anatomy and Physiology

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