The Clinician's Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech

by Sally J. Peterson-Falzone PhD, Judith Trost-Cardamone PhD, Michael P. Karnell PhD, Mary A. Hardin-Jones PhD

Overview

Get quick access to the most up-to-date information on cleft palate speech therapy with The Clinician’s Guide to Treating Cleft Palate Speech, 2nd Edition. This textbook features an easy-to-use format — including many bulleted lists, tables, and illustrations — to give you instant access to the answers you need surrounding the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy (VPI) on communication development in children. Updated information includes new content on interprofessional team decision-making, along with the diagnosis and management of the resulting disorders.

• Brief summaries cover the effects of clefts and non-cleft velopharyngeal inadequacy on communication development in children.
•  Quick-reference format includes bulleted lists, tables, and boxes for easy access to key information needed in day-to-day practice.
•  Special tips boxes feature hints and additional clinical information from the authors, and other recognized experts in the field of cleft palate management.

• NEW! Additional video clips demonstrate a broad range of speech disorders in children, examples of instrumental and noninstrumental assessment approaches, and effective therapy techniques.
• NEW! Content on interprofessional team decision making reflects an important expanding movement in healthcare nationally and internationally, and will be threaded throughout the guide to ensure users understand the ethics, compentencies, and skills required to practice in an interdisciplinary setting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780323339346
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	10/21/2016
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Professor Emeritus, Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA

Professor, Department of Communication Disorders & Sciences, California State University-Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA

Associate Professor, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

Professor, Division of Communication Disorders, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

Table of Contents

Preface: The Care of a Child with a Cleft 
Chapter 1: Cleft Lip and Palate and Non-Cleft Velopharyngeal Inadequacy  
Chapter 2: Feeding a Baby with a Cleft 
Chapter 3: Physical Management of Clefts: Primary 
Chapter 4: Early Phonological Development 
Chapter 5: Effects of Clefts and Non-Cleft VPI on Speech 
Chapter 6: Other Consequences of Clefts 
Chapter 7: Performing an Orofacial Exam 
Chapter 8: Perceptual Evaluation of Cleft Palate Speech 
Chapter 9: Instrumental Evaluation of Velopharyngeal Function     
Chapter 10: Physical Management of Velopharyngeal Inadequacy 
Chapter 11: Early Intervention for  Infants and Toddlers 
Chapter 12: Speech Therapy For Cleft-Related Misarticulations 
Chapter 13: Four Multianomaly Conditions that Include Clefts

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Provides the nuts and bolts of cleft palate speech diagnosis and therapy