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Foundations of Speech and Hearing: Anatomy and Physiology Hardcover – 30 December 2016
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Drawn from the best selling Preclinical Speech Science: Anatomy, Physiology, Acoustics, and Perception, Second Edition textbook (Hixon, Weismer, & Hoit, 2014), the authors distilled and simplified the chapters on breathing and speech production, laryngeal function and speech production, velopharyngeal-nasal function and speech production, pharyngeal-oral function and speech production, brain structures and mechanisms, and swallowing to ensure they are approachable for entry-level students. They also added a new chapter on the anatomy and physiology of the auditory system.
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- Numerous beautiful, full-color illustrations
- Presents complex information clearly in a concise, easy-to-understand manner
- Written with a practical focus in mind
- Supplementary resources on a PluralPlus companion website including an image bank, study questions, and exercises
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- Print length340 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherPlural Publishing, Inc.
- Publication date30 December 2016
- Dimensions22.86 x 1.91 x 29.21 cm
- ISBN-101597569593
- ISBN-13978-1597569590
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About the Author
Gary Weismer, PhD, is Chair and Oros-Bascom Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders (CSD) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin. He received his bachelors and masters degrees at the Pennsylvania State University, and his doctorate from UW-Madison in 1975. Dr. Weismer's research publications concern normal speech production, and speech production and intelligibility phenomena in persons with motor speech disorders. Dr. Weismer has twice been Associate Editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (previously the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research), was Associate Editor at Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica (FPL) for seven years and in 2011 was named Editor in Chief of FPL. Dr. Weismer has won several teaching awards, including a mentoring award in the UW-Madison Honors program and several residence hall awards for outstanding teaching. Dr. Weismer is a member of the Executive Board of the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP), and is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America.
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- Publisher : Plural Publishing, Inc.; 1st edition (30 December 2016)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 340 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1597569593
- ISBN-13 : 978-1597569590
- Dimensions : 22.86 x 1.91 x 29.21 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: 1,537,752 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 688 in Audiology & Speech Pathology (Books)
- 1,439 in Medical Anatomy
- 2,157 in Physiology (Books)
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