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Auditory Neuroscience: Making Sense of Sound (The MIT Press)

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  Auditory Neuroscience: Making Sense of Sound (The MIT Press) Auditory Neuroscience: Making Sense of Sound (The MIT Press) OTHER ARTICLES An integrated overview of hearing and the interplay of physical, biological, and psychological processes underlying it.Every time we listen--to speech, to music, to footsteps approaching or retreating--our auditory perception is the result of a long chain of diverse and intricate processes that unfold within the source of the sound itself, in the air, in our ears, and, most of all, in our brains. Hearing is an everyday miracle that, despite its staggering complexity, seems effortless. This book offers an integrated account of hearing in terms of the neural processes that take place in different parts of the auditory system.Because hearing results from the interplay of so many physical, biological, and psychological processes, the book pulls together the different aspects of hearing--including acoustics, the mathematics of signal processing, the ...
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Signs of the Times

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  Signs of the Times Signs of the Times OTHER ARTICLES Designed for use as a classroom text, Signs of the Times is an excellent beginner's contact signing book that fills the gap between sign language dictionaries and American Sign Language texts. The book presents 1,185 signs organized into 41 lessons. Each lesson contains clear illustrations of all signs, English glosses and synonyms, sample sentences to define vocabulary context, and practice sentences to clarify sign language usage. Signs of the Times is a complete text that includes suggestions for teachers, an appendix of conceptual signs, an extensive index, and a reading reference list. Mind ticklers enliven the lessons with hints, tips, and mnemonic devices.The content of each lesson makes Signs of the Times an easy text to use. The unique feature of the signs being repeated in the sentences throughout the book provides excellent practice opportunities for the students. The large, clear illustrations should make the learni...
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Supporting Children with Communication Problems: Sharing the Workload

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  Supporting Children with Communication Problems: Sharing the Workload Supporting Children with Communication Problems: Sharing the Workload OTHER ARTICLES First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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The Hearing-Loss Guide: Useful Information and Advice for Patients and Families (Yale University Press Health & Wellness)

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  The Hearing-Loss Guide: Useful Information and Advice for Patients and Families (Yale University Press Health & Wellness) The Hearing-Loss Guide: Useful Information and Advice for Patients and Families (Yale University Press Health & Wellness) OTHER ARTICLES Where can the most accurate and helpful information about hearing loss be found? From a friend or relative who has impaired hearing? From an experienced audiologist? Both, says the author of this essential book!   In an unusual new approach, audiologist John M. Burkey offers not only specific and up-to-date information based on his own extensive experience with patients, but also useful, first-hand advice from those patients themselves. The Hearing-Loss Guide presents clear, basic facts on hearing impairment and treatments, followed by candid personal recommendations from people who are coping successfully with hearing difficulties. For anyone confronting hearing loss, for family members and friends, and for others who wo...
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Rehabilitation Research

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  Rehabilitation Research Rehabilitation Research OTHER ARTICLES Discover how to use evidence to improve your practice! Providing thorough, contemporary coverage of the full range of rehabilitation research with a clear, easy-to-understand approach, Rehabilitation Research: Principles and Applications, 6th Edition helps you learn to analyze and apply research to practice. It examines traditional experimental designs, as well as nonexperimental and emerging approaches, including qualitative research, single-system designs, epidemiology, and outcomes research. Ideal for students and practitioners in physical therapy, occupational therapy, and speech-language pathology, this user-friendly resource emphasizes evidence-based practice and your development as a true scientist-practitioner.Evidence-Based Practice chapter provides an overview of the important concepts of EBP and the World Health Organization model of health and disease.Interdisciplinary author team consisting of a PT and an...
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Dictionary of Communication Disorders

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  Dictionary of Communication Disorders Dictionary of Communication Disorders OTHER ARTICLES This dictionary provides clear and concise explanations of terms used in the field of speech, therapy pathology and relevant terms in related fields including augmentative, alternative communication, hearing, linguistic, medicine, phonetics/phonology and psychology/psychiatry. Those working with people who have communication disorders and those who may be returning to this field will find the explanations easy to understand. Terms include assessments, therapy programmes and current theories in these fields.This edition has been thoroughly updated. It includes useful website addresses for manufacturers and suppliers of communication aids and publishers of assessments, and where to find useful information on the internet for various conditions.
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The Scerts Model: A Comprehensive Educational Approach for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2 volume set)

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  The Scerts Model: A Comprehensive Educational Approach for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2 volume set) The Scerts Model: A Comprehensive Educational Approach for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders (2 volume set) OTHER ARTICLES A groundbreaking synthesis of developmental, relationship-based, and skill-based approaches, The SCERTS® Model provides a framework for improving communication and social-emotional abilities in preschool and primary school students with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and their families. Developed by internationally recognized experts, SCERTS® supports developmental progress in three areas: Social Communication (communicating spontaneously and establishing relationships), Emotional Regulation (regulating emotional arousal to support learning and engagement), and Transactional Supports (elements that aid a child's progress as he or she works toward a goal). With the two-volume manual set, early intervention professionals will have comprehensi...
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