{"product_id":"fundamentals-of-the-speech-and-language-sciences-9781630913489","title":"Fundamentals of the Speech and Language Sciences","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Culbertson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Slack\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Audiology \u0026amp; Speech Pathology\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor a strong foundation upon which to build their futures, students in communication sciences and disorders programs need the best, most up-to-date information available to guide them. To this end, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFundamentals of the Speech and Language Sciences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e provides a thorough understanding of the core concepts in speech and language while maintaining a readable, engaging tone. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Students will be exposed to the fundamentals of acoustics, respiratory science, voice production, acoustic phonetics, and sound spectrography. Language representation and motor programming as they pertain to the dynamic process of speech communication are also explored, as are the fundamentals of speech perception and instrumentation. To give students context, side bars feature the stories of seminal scientists and scholars and their contributions to the topics being discussed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This text benefits from Dr. William Culbertson's nearly three decades of experience in teaching, as well as another decade of experience as a clinical speech-language pathologist. That experience has honed his ability to clearly communicate these crucial topics in a way that students will understand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTopics covered: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe scientific method and various types of research used to study the normal aspects of human speech and hearing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe basics of physics as they pertain to energy, motion, displacement, force, and pressure and their relationship to speech production\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe process of respiration as it pertains to gas compression, speech valving, driving pressure, impedance, and flow\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eVoice onset, modes of vocal vibration, pitch adjustment, volume and quality\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe process of dynamic interaction representation at the cortical and subcortical levels of the five basic speech processes: respiration, phonation, articulation, resonance, and prosody\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e Undergraduate students in communication sciences and disorders programs, as well as the related programs of music (voice), special education, and speech communication, will value \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFundamentals of the Speech and Language Sciences \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eas the formative text for their understanding of the speech and language sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45239658283159,"sku":"9781630913489","price":7464.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781630913489.webp?v=1769223212","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/fundamentals-of-the-speech-and-language-sciences-9781630913489","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}