This chapter aims to promote a deeper understanding of speech-language pathology practice in the acute-care hospital setting. Speech-language pathologists (SLPs) play a critical role in ensuring efficient, high-quality, and cost-effective…
Knowledge of laryngeal anatomy and physiology is critical to the practice of medical speech-language pathology. 1 Diseases and disorders that affect communication and swallowing in general often impact laryngeal functioning….
Treating a patient in an intensive care unit (ICU) setting presents a series of unique and complicated issues. The feeling of loss of control that may occur when one is…
Until relatively recently, our knowledge of brain organization was based on observations of patients with lesions. Focal brain lesions (e.g., from stroke or trauma) were studied postmortem, and behavioral deficits…
Resonance disorders are commonly seen in a pediatric speech pathology practice. These disorders can be due to a form of velopharyngeal dysfunction (often, but not always, caused by a history…
Challenges of an Aging Society One of the greatest challenges of the 21st century is responding to the needs of the growing number of older adults. In the United States,…
Although communication can take many forms, the focus of this chapter is on verbal communication, which is composed of four constituent domains—speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Any or all of…
