Speech and Voice Science

Fifth Edition

Alison Behrman, Jason A. Whitfield

Details: 530 pages, 2-Color, Softcover, 8.5" x 11"

ISBN13: 978-1-63550-792-8

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Release Date: 10/30/2026

About

Speech and Voice Science, Fifth Edition is the only textbook to provide comprehensive and detailed information on both voice source and vocal tract contributions to speech production. In addition, it is the only textbook to address dialectical and nonnative language differences in vowel and consonant production, bias in perception of speaker identity, and prosody (suprasegmental features) in detail. Clinical application is integrated throughout the text. 

Due to its highly readable writing style being user-friendly for all levels of students, instructors report using this book for a wide variety of courses, including undergraduate and graduate courses in acoustic phonetics, speech science, instrumentation, and voice disorders.

New to the Fifth Edition

  • Revised and expanded core chapters on acoustics, phonation, vowels, and consonants with additional explanations, deeper exploration of key concepts, and stronger connections between physiology, acoustics, and perception.
  • Updated sensorimotor control content including expanded discussion of feedback and feedforward control, models of speech motor control, sensorimotor perturbation, and motor learning
  • Over 80 new and updated figures across core chapters, plus more than 10 new animations illustrating dynamic acoustic events and speech production processes
  • Expanded diversity and inclusion content covering gender-related topics, cultural and dialectal variation, racial disparities in research, and representation in speech science literature
  • New content boxes on emerging topics, including applications of artificial intelligence to speech science
  • New glossary defining key terms in each chapter

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Authors

Alison Behrman

Alison Behrman, PhD, CCC-SLP, is Associate Professor in the Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences at Lehman College/City University of New York. She received her MA in Speech-Language Pathology from New York University, and her PhD in speech physiology from Columbia University. Dr. Behrman has been the Principal Investigator of two grants from the National Instutites of Health and she was a recipient of the ASHA Foundation’s 2016 Clinical Research Grant. Dr. Behrman is a member of the scientific advisory board of Parkinson Voice Project (Richardson, Texas), a nonprofit treatment center that developed SPEAK OUT!® and The LOUD Crowd® to improve the communication of people with Parkinson’s disease. She is an avid tennis player.

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Jason A. Whitfield

Jason Whitfield is a Professor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), where he conducts research related to speech production. He uses a variety of methods and analytic techniques to examine speech motor control and speech production in talkers with and without Parkinson disease. Much of his research has examined how cognitive-linguistic factors interact with goal-directed and habitual speech motor control. Dr. Whitfield has also served in various professional roles, including the editor for Perspectives of the ASHA Special Interest Groups – SIG 19: Speech Science and as an editorial board member of the Speech section of Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research.

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