Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations

Download or read book Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations written by Dolores E. Battle and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fourteen contributions addressing speech-language pathologists and audiologists discuss the provision of clinical services to individuals from various cultures and linguistic backgrounds. The authors provide overviews of the major cultural groups in the US. The discussion of specific communication disorders covers neurogenic conditions, AIDS, neonatal cocaine exposure, traumatic brain injury, hearing disorders, deafness, and fluency disorder among bilingual people. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR