Research in Logopedics : : Speech and Language Therapy in Finland / / ed. by Anu Klippi, Kaisa Launonen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter MultiLingual Matters Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Ahopalo, Liisa,; Heinänen, Kaisu,; Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa,; Huttunen, Kerttu,; Klippi, Anu,; Korpijaakko-Huuhka, Anna-Maija,; Korpilahti, Pirjo,; Kulju, Pirjo,; Launonen, Kaisa,; Lonka, Eila,; Paavola, Leila,; Pekkala, Seija,; Sala, Eeva,; Savinainen-Makkonen, Tuula,; Simberg, Susanna,; Suvanto, Anne,; Takkinen, Ritva,
• HerausgeberIn: Klippi, Anu,; Launonen, Kaisa,
• Place / Publishing House: Bristol ;, Blue Ridge Summit : : Multilingual Matters, , [2008]; ©2008
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Language: English
• Series: Communication Disorders Across Languages
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)

This book links theoretical approaches of logopedics to clinical practices of speech and language therapy in Finland and in the Finnish language. It provides readers with interesting examples of and insights into the communication challenges in a language that differ substantially from those used in the majority of published reports in the field of language and communication disorders. With a short introduction to the Finnish language, and to the assessments methods used by Finnish speech and language therapists, the topics of the book cover themes such as speech and language development and its disorders, augmentative and alternative communication, acquired neurological communication disorders, hearing disorders and voice screening. Most of the authors of the 13 chapters are speech and language therapists by their basic education, and currently doing research in the field of logopedics in Finland.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- The Contributors -- Part 1: Introduction -- 1. Challenges of Logopedics and Speech-Language Therapy in Finland -- 2. Aspects of the Structure of Finnish -- 3. Tests and Assessment Methods Currently Used and New Ones Desired by Finnish Speech and Language Therapists -- Part 2: Characteristics of Finnish and the Study of Child Speech and Language Disorders -- 4. Normal and Disordered Phonological Acquisition in Finnish -- 5. Logopedic Research on Communication Difficulties in Childhood -- 6. Alternative Communication Form as a Genuinely Shared Language -- Part 3: Characteristics of Finnish and the Study of Adult Speech and Language Disorders -- 7. Text Production of Finnish Speakers with Aphasia -- 8. Semantic Impairment in Finnish-Speaking People with Alzheimer’s Disease: A Review -- 9. The Interplay Between Verbal and Non-verbal Behaviour in Aphasic Word Search in Conversation -- Part 4: The Development of Speech and Language in Hearing Disorders, Sign Language and Cochlear Implant -- 10. The Acquisition of Finnish Sign Language -- 11. Children with Cochlear Implants Acquiring the Finnish Language -- 12. Speech Intelligibility in Hearing Impairment -- Part 5: Voice Disorders -- 13. Experiences from Six Years of Screening for Voice Disorders Among Teacher Students -- Index