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  • Front Cover; Speech and Language: Advances in Basic Research and Practice; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1. The Perception of Speech in Early Infancy; I. THE SPEECH PERCEPTION PROCESS: THREE INSTRUCTIVE EXERCISES; II. MODELS OF THE PERCEPTUAL PROCESS; III. THE PERCEPTION OF SPEECH SOUNDS BY INFANTS; IV. COMMENTS ON ISSUES IN INFANT SPEECH PERCEPTION; V. BEYOND THE DATA: UNDERSTANDING THE NATURE AND ORIGINS OF EARLY PREDISPOSITIONS TOWARD SPEECH AND LANGUAGE; VI. APPLYING BASIC SCIENCE FINDINGS TO EARLY DIAGNOSIS OF SPEECH AND LANGUAGE DISORDERS.
  • VII. DIRECTIONS FOR THE FUTUREVIII. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; References; Chapter 2. Acoustic-Perceptual Methods for Evaluation of Defective Speech; I.A GENERAL BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE; II. ACOUSTIC PHONETICS AND THE CLINIC: SOME SUGGESTIONS; III. SUMMARY AND SOME CONCLUDING STATEMENTS; References; Chapter 3. Linguistic and Motor Aspects of Stuttering; I. INTRODUCTION; II. LINGUISTIC DETERMINANTS OF STUTTERING; III. MOTOR DETERMINANTS OF STUTTERING; IV. LINGUISTIC AND MOTOR MODELS OF STUTTERING; V. STUTTERING THERAPY APPROACHES INVOLVING LINGUISTIC AND MOTOR AWARENESS.
  • VI. LINGUISTIC AND MOTOR ASPECTS OF STUTTERING: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONSAcknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Anatomic Studies of the Perioral Motor System: Foundations for Studies in Speech Physiology; I.A RATIONALE FOR ANATOMIC INVESTIGATION OF THE PERIORAL MUSCULATURE; II. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PERIORAL MUSCLES; III. CADAVERIC MATERIAL; IV. QUALITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS: LINE TRACINGS OF PERIORAL MUSCLE TOPOLOGY (STUDY 1); V. QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTIONS: DIRECT MEASURES OF PERIORAL MUSCLE TOPOLOGY (STUDY 2).
  • VI. EMPIRICAL VALIDATION OF ELECTRODE PLACEMENTS RECOMMENDED FOR THE PERIORAL MUSCLES (STUDY 3)VII. A SET OF PRELIMINARY SPECIFICATIONS FOR ELECTRODE PLACEMENTS IN THE PERIORAL MUSCLES; VIII. CONCLUSIONS; APPENDIX A: SPECIMEN SPECIFICATIONS; APPENDIX B: SURFACE LANDMARK MEASURES; APPENDIX C: Tabulated Results; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Acoustic Characteristics of Normal and Pathological Voices; I. AUDITORY AND VISUAL METHODS; II. ACOUSTIC SYMPTOMS OF LARYNGEAL PATHOLOGY; III. ACOUSTIC TECHNIQUES FOR VOICE ANALYSIS; IV. VOICE PROFILES.
  • V. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF NORMAL AND PATHOLOGICAL DATAVI. QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF VOICE THERAPY; VII. SUMMARY AND FUTURE INVESTIGATIONS; APPENDIX A: LINEAR MODEL OF VOICED SPEECH PRODUCTION; APPENDIX B: COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Synergy: Toward a Model of Language; I. HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE STUDY OF LANGUAGE; II. SYNERGY OF LANGUAGE: A RATIONALE; III. EVIDENCE FOR SYNERGISTIC RELATIONSHIPS; IV. DISCUSSION AND IMPLICATIONS; Acknowledgments; References; Subject Index.