Overview

The FIRST text ever on speech breathing disorders! This text takes the reader from the laboratory to the clinic. A hallmark is its strong translational focus. Seven chapters lay out Preliminaries, Foundations of Breathing, Normal Speech Breathing, Evaluation of Speech Breathing, Management of Speech Breathing, Ventilator-Supported Speech Breathing, and Clinical Applications. Detailed table of contents. Review.

Included in this edition are 461 pages of text, 28 original figures, 7 new clinical forms (including a bedside evaluation protocol), 54 sidetracks (asides of historical and modern interest), 8 instructional clinical scenarios, and 254 interdisciplinary references. This unique text offers coverage of all of the latest advances in this area, provides information never before published, and gives the clinician a user-friendly framework from which to approach client care. Aspiring and working speech-language pathologists, pulmonologists, respiratory therapists, and related professionals are the targeted audience.

The principles and methods discussed are applicable to clients with neuromotor disorders, voice disorders, and pulmonary disorders. Detailed evaluation protocols are included for case history, auditory-perceptual, physical, and instrumental examinations. Sixteen major sections are devoted to management methods. Special features include extensive coverage of speaking-related dyspnea and detailed sections on each of the five types of ventilatory support in individuals who cannot breathe on their own. Case scenarios focus on functional misuse of the breathing apparatus, low cervical spinal cord injury, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, high cervical spinal cord injury, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, respiratory myoclonus, cerebellar tumor, and muscular dystrophy.

Reviews

• Joseph R. Duffy, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic:
  "This is a terrific book and a wonderful contribution to the discipline and profession. It rolls into a single source much of what teachers, students, and clinicians need to know to take a step toward competence in the area. The style in which the book is written seems close to perfect. Its depth is disguised by its clarity and tremendously useful analogies and careful explanations. This is a book that should probably be on the desk of any clinician who works with people who have medically related speech disorders."

• Ronald W. Netsell, Ph.D., Southwest Missouri State University:
  "Evaluation and Management of Speech Breathing Disorders will be an instant classic. No other text has addressed the topic in such breadth and depth. Drs. Hixon and Hoit probably have published more research on the subject matter than anyone, and may be the two top authorities in the world on speech breathing and its disorders. This book is a must for anyone interested in breathing for speech."

• John C. Rosenbek, Ph.D., University of Florida:
  "vowed never to write a blurb for a professional book. That vow disappeared when I read Hixon and Hoit’s Evaluation and Management of Speech Breathing Disorders. This is a clinical book of the very best kind. It is specific and complete so that beginning or unsure clinicians can use it to initiate or improve their treatment of speech breathing disorders. It is wise enough to support experienced clinicians and researchers in creative expansion of their clinical or research armamentarium. It is also fun to read. The authors are clearly visible behind the words. I like the view and want them for my clinicians if I can’t breathe to talk."

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / General
Audience Level: Professional

• Preface
• Chapter 1: Preliminaries
• Chapter 2: Foundations of Breathing
• Chapter 3: Normal Speech Breathing
• Chapter 4: Evaluation of Speech Breathing
• Chapter 5: Management of Speech Breathing
• Chapter 6: Ventilator-Supported Speech Breathing
• Chapter 7: Clinical Applications
• Author Index
• Subject Index
• About the Authors

About The Authors

Thomas Hixon, Ph.D.

Thomas J. Hixon, Ph.D., was Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, Director of the National Center for Neurogenic Communication Disorders, and Dean Emeritus of the Graduate College at the University of Arizona.

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Jeannette Hoit, Ph.D.

Jeannette D. Hoit, Ph.D. is Professor of the Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Arizona and a speech-language pathologist. Dr. Hoit received her B.A. in Anthropology from the University of California at Los Angeles, her M.A. in Communicative Disorders from San Diego State University, her Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences from the University of Arizona, and pursued postdoctoral study in the Harvard School of Public Health Respiratory Biology Program and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Speech Research Laboratory. She is a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, past-Editor of the American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, and past-President of the American Association of Phonetic Sciences. Dr. Hoit’s research focuses on speech physiology, with particular emphasis on normal aging and development, neuromotor speech disorders, and respiratory function and dysfunction, including ventilator-supported speech and speaking-related dyspnea. Most of her research has been supported by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. Dr. Hoit’s daily life consists of mentoring undergraduate and graduate students and she has been recognized for these contributions with teaching and advising awards.

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