Publisher's Synopsis
Written by renowned speech scientist, Raymond D. Kent, the 'Handbook on Children's Speech' provides comprehensive and systematic coverage of the topic of how speech develops and how it can be disordered or otherwise departing from typical patterns. The book emphasizes the following: relevant biology and psychology of speech development; contemporary models of spoken language; motor learning and motor control; clinical assessments of articulation, phonology, voice, prosody, and intelligibility; populations in which speech disorders and differences often occur; and methods and strategies for prevention and treatment.
