Disorders of Motor Speech: Assessment, Treatment, and Clinical Characterization

Contributors outline current research and clinical methodologies in the study of dysarthria, speech function, and motor speech disorders. Topics include motor learning; primate vocalizations; intelligibility; assessment; respiratory involvement in dysarthria; traumatic brain injury; Parkinson's disease; and spasmodic dysphonia. Of interest to speech-language pathologists, neurologists, and physical therapists, as well as graduate students in these fields. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.