Gestures shed light on thinking-for-(and while)-speaking. They do this because they are components of speaking, not accompaniments but actually integral parts of it. Much evidence supports this idea, but its full implications have not always been recognized. For comparison, cf. modular-style modeling in de Ruiter (2000) and Kita & Özyürek (2005), based on the theory of speech production in Leve...

Alan G. Kamhi Memphis State University Memphis, TN Factors influencing the occurrence of trade-off effects among linguistic components were examined. Several linguistic measures were used to represent syntactic and phonological production in order to determine whether interrelationship patterns would vary across measures. Linguistic interactions present in imitated speech were compared to those...

In 2001, scientists characterized the first gene to be implicated in the cause of a speech and language disorder (FOXP2). Although FOXP2 was discovered using a unique family in which a severe speech and language disorder segregates in a monogenic fashion, at the time this discovery was heralded as "a milestone in understanding this uniquely human characteristic." Approximately 1 year later, we ...

History and development of the profession: ∑ History and development of the profession of SpeechLanguage Pathology (SLP) specifically in Nepal, neighboring countries and abroad. ∑ Major work activities of the SLP. ∑ Various settings of speech – language therapy service delivery. ∑ Professions concerned with communication disorders. Human communication: ∑ Definitions and components. ∑ Interdepen...

Children with phonological disorders often display difficulty in other domains of language. Language-based approaches focus on all aspects of language; therefore, little attention may be drawn to sound errors and these may not be specific targets of intervention. These approaches involve a variety of naturalistic, conversationally based techniques such as focused stimulation in the form of expa...

We may not be able to make you love reading, but language and communication disorders in children will lead you to love reading starting from now. Book is the window to open the new world. The world that you want is in the better stage and level. World will always guide you to even the prestige stage of the life. You know, this is some of how reading will give you the kindness. In this case, mo...

In this article, we critically review the evidence for overlap among three developmental disorders, namely speech sound disorder (SSD), language impairment (LI), and reading disability (RD), at three levels of analysis: diagnostic, cognitive, and etiological. We find that while overlap exists at all three levels, it varies by comorbidity subtype, and the relations among these three disorders ar...

sents a review, as is true for the other sections, it is well presented. The authors of the eight papers on this topic are among the leaders in the field, and the studies complement one another nicely. The general quality of all the papers is high, and they are well written. Throughout the book, the discussions at the end of the papers are extremely good. They are spirited and point out areas o...

Introduction: In early typical language development, children understand words before they are able to use them in speech. Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) generally show impairments in both the comprehension and the production of language. However, the relative degree of delay or impairment in each of these sub-domains may also be atypical and remains less well-understood. Materia...