Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Lifespan Evidence-Based Perspective

by Robert E. Owens Jr.

Written in an appealing and highly readable manner, Introduction to Communication Disorders: A Lifespan Perspective has provided a multitude of students with a comprehensive introduction to the fields of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology.

The Third Edition of this best-selling text catalogs and discusses each disorder with an emphasis on how the disorder impacts the individual. It serves as a foundation by providing many viewpoints for the introductory student, offering personal stories from people with communication disorders and examining the field from a lifespan perspective. In addition, the text discusses the best models of good practice and approaches for assessment and intervention based on the authors' own clinical experiences. More than merely a catalog, Introduction to Communication Disorders, Third Edition, brings students into the daily lives of individuals who live with a disorder.

Highlights of the Third Edition:

Case studies introduce many chapters and help students more readily understand individuals with the accompanying disorder. New chapter targets literacy impairments with sections on reading, writing and related skill areas. Completely redesigned, the third edition has a new organization, expanded format and new pedagogical features that make the text easy to navigate and a pleasure to read. Content has been reorganized to reflect the needs of students in introductory courses. Information in the anatomy and physiology chapter has been modified and sections on physical development have been moved to the appropriate chapters, improving theflow of information. Information formerly found in the communication development chapter has been divided and placed in the relevant disorder chapters, improving the flow of information. TECHNOLOGY ADVANTAGE—A new Companion Website referenced throughout the text incorporates lessons and comes complete with dynamic instructor supplements including a Computerized Test Bank, and Blackboard (teacher's lecture notes), and CourseCompass.

Visit Allyn & Bacon’s Communication Sciences and Disorders SuperSite at ablongman.com/commdisorders. This site offers hyperlinks to dozens of related web sites, provides a glossary of terms, and offers study questions for each of the important topics in the field of Communication Disorders. No password required!

Companion Web Site:ablongman.com/owens3e. The Companion Web Site acts as an extension of the text, offering for each chapter guided study questions and links to useful websites on the Internet.

Genres: School, Nonfiction, Linguistics

600 pages, Paperback

First published October 25, 1999

About the author

Robert E. Owens, Jr., Ph.D. is a professor of speech-language pathology and director of the graduate program in speech pathology at the State University of New York at Geneseo. He is the author of a number of textbooks, book chapters, and articles, including Language Development: An Introduction (Allyn & Bacon, 2007), and the Program for Acquisition of Language with the Severely Impaired (PALS). He has presented more than 150 professional papers and workshops in both the U.S. and abroad.

Reviews

[Jess Moss · Rating 1 out of 5]

This textbook was horrible. Did they not have an editor? There were SO many typos, so many grammatical errors, and so many instances in which the book contradicted itself. It was rather ironic that as I was reading about people with communication disorders who struggle with things like forgetting to use function words, the text itself was leaving out function words. Furthermore, the authors tried to connect with the reader by using phrases like, "you yourself are likely at this stage," or "a career you will perhaps have someday." Can you say trying too hard??? It was so awkward. Furthermore, it alienated me as a nontraditional student when things were written such as "people from ages 18-23, as you yourself probably are..." I hated this book. I would like to volunteer to edit it for free, just so other students don't have to go through what I went through reading it.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

straightforward and simple, as an introduction should be.

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back on the currently reading list, though the professor this semester is not enamoured with it and did not choose it, so i don't know how much of it i'll actually be reading.