"Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders: The Scientific Basis of Clinical Practice is designed for undergraduate students who are taking a first course in the discipline of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD). The textbook presents students with the range of communication impairments in society, the consequences of those impairments for the persons who have them as well as for their family members, and the treatments that are available to lessen or remediate the effects of the disorders. The text is organized into three sections on Language, Speech, and Hearing. Each chapter is concise and written to convey the core information for each topic. The material is presented in a way that maintains the interest of the student through expository clarity and brevity in a course that treats so many different facets of a complex discipline. The textbook also serves the needs of the instructor by organizing the material in a teachable way"-- Provided by publisher.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reviewers -- 1. Introduction to Communication Sciences and Disorders -- Introduction: Communication Sciences and Disorders as a Discipline -- Communication Sciences and Disorders: The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts -- An Interdisciplinary Field -- Translational Research -- Does the Basic Science Work? Does the Clinic Work? -- Evidence-Based Practice -- A Typical Undergraduate Curriculum -- Who Are the Professionals in Communication Sciences and Disorders? -- Preparation for, and the Profession of, Speech-Language Pathology. Preparation for, and the Profession of, Audiology -- Order of Chapters in the Text -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 2. The Nervous System: Language, Speech, and Hearing Structures and Processes -- Introduction -- Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems -- The Neuron -- The Synapse -- Tour of Gross Neuroanatomy -- Frontal Lobe -- Occipital Lobe -- Temporal Lobe -- Parietal Lobe -- Hidden Cortex -- Subcortical Nuclei -- Brainstem, Cerebellum, and Spinal Cord -- The Auditory Pathways -- The Dominant Hemisphere and the Perisylvian Language Areas Arcuate Fasciculus (Dorsal Stream) and Ventral Stream -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Speech and Language Brain Activity -- Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging -- Diffusion Tensor Imaging -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 3. Language Science -- Introduction -- What Is Language? -- Language: A Conventional System -- Language: A Dynamic System -- Language Is Generative -- Language Uses Mental Representations -- Language Is Localized in the Brain -- Components of Language -- Form -- Social Use of Language (Pragmatics) -- Language and Cognitive Processes -- Why -- How -- When Chapter Summary -- References -- 4. Communication in a Multicultural Society -- Introduction -- Why It Matters -- Difference Versus Disorder -- Standardized Testing and Language Difference Versus Disorder -- Accent, Dialect, and Culture -- Accent -- Dialect -- Code Switching -- Foreign Accent -- Bilingualism and Multilingualism -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 5. Preverbal Foundations of Speech and Language Development -- Introduction -- Preparatory Notes on Developmental Chronologies -- 0 to 3 Months: Expression (Production) -- 0 to 3 Months: Perception and Comprehension 3 to 8 Months: Production -- 3 to 8 Months: Perception and Comprehension -- 8 to 12 Months: Production -- 8 to 12 Months: Perception and Comprehension -- Gesture and Preverbal Language Development -- Chapter Summary -- References -- 6. Typical Language Development -- Introduction -- 12 to 18 Months -- 18 to 24 Months -- Three Years (36 Months) -- Multiword Utterances, Grammatical Morphology -- Expanding Utterance Length: A Measure of Linguistic Sophistication -- Grammatical Morphology -- Typical Language Development in School Years -- Metalinguistic Skills -- Pragmatic Skill: Discourse