Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed September 19, 2018).
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"A brief historical review of motor speech disorders -- The motor system -- Evaluation of motor speech disorders -- Flaccid dysarthria -- Spastic dysarthria -- Unilateral upper motor neuron dysarthria -- Ataxic dysarthria -- Hypokinetic dysarthria -- Hyperkinetic dysarthria -- Mixed dysarthria -- Apraxia of speech.
Summary
For graduate students and beginning clinicians, this text offers a detailed yet streamlined introduction to motor speech disorders. It provides a brief historical overview of motor speech disorders, providing useful context for understanding the technology and methodology used by modern speech-language pathologists for evaluation and treatment. The text also includes a practical introduction to the human motor system and detailed coverage of six pure dysarthrias, mixed dysarthria, and apraxia of speech."-- Provided by publisher.
