Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Practitioner's Guide

A strong medical background is becoming more and more important for speech-language pathologists. In fact, 40,000 speech professionals already work in hospitals, nursing homes, and other medical facilities. This superb 712-page reference-the first comprehensive guide to medical speech-language pathology-provides the complete medical information in a practical, accessible format. The book brings together contributions from more than thirty leading experts in speech-language pathology, neurology, otolaryngology, radiology, and psychiatry, and provides complete illustrated coverage of both the pathology and treatment of medically related speech disorders.Barbara H. Jacobson is the author of 'Medical Speech-Language Pathology: A Practitioner's Guide', published 2006 under ISBN 9781588903204 and ISBN 1588903206.