5th Edition
by Tye-Murray (Author)
The best-selling textbook, Foundations of Aural Rehabilitation: Adults, Children, and their Families, Fifth Edition,
introduces the fundamentals of audiologic rehabilitation and hearing-related speech-language pathology in an easy-to-read, concise resource for the field of communication sciences and disorders. The text offers creative coverage of theory, clinical practice, and research-based approaches for identifying, diagnosing, and treating hearing and communication-based disorders.
The text is separated into
three sections for the most comprehensive coverage of each topic: Part 1
describes the components of an aural rehabilitation plan, Part 2
concerns adults and their family members, and Part 3 concerns children
and their parents. Important topics throughout include patient-centered
services, counseling, selection and fitting of listening devices,
conversational fluency and communication strategies training, auditory
training, speechreading, and language and speech acquisition.
New to the Fifth Edition:
- Reorganization of chapters from two to three sections, to streamline the presentation of the material
- State-of-the-science review of the most current research in auditory training and audiovisual speech perception
- Updated
information and references to reflect emerging trends in speech and
language therapy, along with practical examples of lessons
