Overview

The Preclinical Speech Science Workbook is a natural companion to the Preclinical Speech Science textbook, designed to help students integrate, apply, and go beyond the material presented in the textbook. The workbook contains a variety of activities, including anatomical labeling, measurement of physiologic and acoustic data, interpretation of graphs, and the conduct of simple experiments (without the need for special equipment). Additionally, this companion text contains modified versions of artwork from the textbook, as well as new artwork created by Maury Aaseng. Instructors will find that the activities in Preclinical Speech Science Workbook will help students begin to make the transition from passive learners to active participants in their development toward becoming speech-language pathologists.

Review

• Karen E Perry, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, Doody's Review Service, (February 2011):
  "5 Stars!...an invaluable resource to help students understand the material in the textbook. It allowed them to engage with the material on a range of levels and in different contexts that helped them retain concepts."

Audience

Primary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Speech & Voice Science
Secondary Subject: Speech and Language Pathology / Textbooks
Audience Level: Textbook - Desk Copy

• Breathing and Speech Production
• Laryngeal Function and Speech Production
• Velopharyngeal-Nasal Function and Speech Production
• Pharyngeal-Oral Function and Speech Production
• Acoustics
• Acoustic Theory of Vowel Production
• Theory of Consonant Acoustics
• Speech Acoustic Analysis
• Acoustic Phonetics Data
• Speech Perception
• Swallowing

About The Authors

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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Gary Weismer, Ph.D.

Gary Weismer, Ph.D. is Oros-Bascom Professor of Communicative Disorders and an investigator at the Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Pennsylvania State University and his doctorate from UW—Madison in 1975. Dr. Weismer’s current research papers concern normal speech production and various aspects of motor speech disorders. He has twice been Associate Editor for the Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research (previously the Journal of Speech and Hearing Research), and is currently Associate Editor for Motor Speech Disorders, Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica (FLP), and the incoming Editor-in-Chief of FLP. Dr. Weismer is a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America and his research has been funded by NIH for the past 25 years.

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