Communication Sciences and Disorders: A Clinical Evidence-Based Approach, 3rd edition

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• Embedded videos in each chapter illustrate key concepts and strategies. (See pages 13, 178, and 492 for examples.)

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Additional text features include:

• Looks at communication sciences and disorders across the lifespan—including disorders that are inherited and acquired and those of language, speech-sound production, fluency, voice, motor speech, feeding, swallowing and hearing loss.
• Offers a literacy-enhanced perspective—emphasizing the connections between speaking, listening, reading, and writing through chapter features, boxed inserts and book organization.
• Uses comprehensive case studies complete with evaluation and treatment plans and multimedia examples—see Chapters 7-15.  
• Takes a clinical approach that spotlights practicing clinicians and their patients—see In the Clinic sections.  
• Engages students using Spotlight On features, Focus Questions and Discussion Points—that guide readers through chapter material.  

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter illustrate key concepts and strategies. (See pages 13, 178, and 492 for examples.)

Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks to register for your digital examination copy.

Key content changes include:

• New Chapter 5 discusses multicultural topics impacting the field such as the interactions among culture, communication ability and communication disability.
• More on literacy development and dyslexia appears in the reading disabilities section.
• Revised Chapter 6 features recent evidence-based practices in assessment and intervention laying a foundation for concepts such as psychometric terminology categories of common tests and measures, and popular intervention approaches.  
• More on technology and its use in assessment and treatment appears in this edition.
• New opportunities to build and extend reader knowledge with new case examples, “Discussion Points”, and “In the Clinic” features.