Essentials of Communication Sciences & Disorders

Fully revised and updated, Essentials of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Third Edition is an accessible and engaging introductory resource for students new to communication sciences and disorders. This text covers foundational information about speech disorders in both children and adults, while numerous case scenarios and personal stories paint a vivid picture of speech-language pathology. A robust, full color art program illustrates key concepts with detailed anatomical images, photos, and helpful charts and tables. Additionally, this text addresses multicultural issues as well as the emotional and social effects of each disorder on the individual and family, providing students with a comprehensive overview of the profession. Every new print copy includes Navigate Advantage Access that unlocks a complete, interactive eBook, videos of most disorders, PowerPoint slides, and more! New section on Cultural Competence and the diversity in professional and client interactions New sections on Interviewing and Therapy Microskills, Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders, Neurodiversity, Transgender Voice therapy, Communication Partner training, and more New video footage illustrating almost all disorders, including assessment and therapy Insight Questions throughout the text encourage students to consider how they might relate to the information presented to their personal lives or in ways they had not expected Study Questions are provided at the end of each chapter to help students demonstrate their learning Written for an international market by including journals written by researchers from Canada, United Kingdom, Israel, Argentina, China, Italy, and more

Paul T. Fogle, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Fogle is pronounced with a long o, as in FO-GULL), has been studying, training, and working in speech-language pathology for more than 50 years. Although he earned all of his degrees in speech-language pathology, he minored in psychology throughout each degree. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in 1970 and his Master of Arts in 1971, both at California State University, Long Beach. After receiving his M.A., he worked for 2 years as an aphasia classroom teacher for the Los Angeles County Office of Education and started the first high school aphasia class in California, teaching and working with adolescents who had sustained traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and other neurological impairments.Between 1970 and 1973, Dr. Fogle worked as a therapist at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Psychology Adult Stuttering Clinic, training under Dr. Joseph Sheehan and Mrs. Vivian Sheehan. Concurrently, he trained at Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center in Southern California performing human brain autopsy.Dr. Fogle earned his doctorate in 1976 from the University of Iowa. He specialized in neurological disorders in adults and children and stuttering. His dissertation was directed by Dr. Dean Williams and he was awarded membership in Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society of North America, for his research. Although he minored in psychology throughout all of his degrees, in the early 1990s, he began training in counseling psychology, educational psychology, clinical psychology, and family therapy (Marriage, Child, Family Therapy). Most recently he has been studying neuropsychology.Dr. Fogle is a Professor Emeritus. During his 35 years as a university professor he taught undergraduate courses on Introduction to Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, Anatomy and Physiology of Speech, Speech Science, and Organic Disorders. At the graduate level, he taught Neurology and Neurological Disorders in Adults, Motor Speech Disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Dysphagia/Swallowing Disorders, Gerontology, Voice Disorders, Cleft Palate and Oral?Facial Anomalies, and Counseling Skills for Speech-Language Pathologists.Dr. Fogle has worked extensively in hospitals, including Veterans Administration Hospitals, university hospitals, and acute, subacute, and convalescent hospitals. He has maintained a year-round private practice for more than 35 years. He has presented numerous seminars, workshops, and short courses on a variety of topics at state, ASHA, and international conferences and conventions, including the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics, the International Conference on Speech-Language Pathology, and the Asia-Pacific Society for the Study of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.Dr. Fogle has presented all-day workshops in cities throughout the United States and in countries around the world on counseling skills for speech-language pathologists and audiologists, and on auditory processing disorders and attention-deficit disorders. He has worked on numerous medical?legal cases as an expert witness in several states for more than 30 years, testifying in depositions, court hearings, and court trials.Dr. Fogle’s primary publications have been textbooks and clinical materials. He is the author of Foundations of Communication Sciences and Disorders (Delmar Cengage Learning, 2008) and coauthor of Counseling Skills for Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (first edition 2004, second edition 2012, Delmar Cengage Learning), Ross Information Processing Assessment-Geriatric (first edition 1996, second edition 2012, Pro-Ed), the Classic Aphasia Therapy Stimuli (CATS) (Plural Publishing, 2006), and The Source for Safety: Cognitive Retraining for Independent Living (LinguiSystems [now Pro-Ed], 2008). His website is www.PaulFoglePhD.com and his email address is paulfoglephd@gmail.com.