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1 online resource (xx, 270 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Many professionals in the communicative sciences are relative newcomers to the understanding of genetics as it applies to communicative disorders. A speech-language clinician certainly can diagnose and treat stuttering, for example, but that clinician may not be fully aware of the role of a genetic counselor for the family of a stutterer. An audiologist may be able to assess a hearing impairment, but an understanding of the underlying genetics of that impairment would make that person a better audiologist. The medical geneticist, similarly, could have an inadequate appreciation of how our genes may affect language function. All of these professionals need a source that brings together essential ideas from related disciplines. This is a book about human communication, both normal and disordered, and how our communication abilities are affected by our genes. Many, probably most, communicative disorders are of genetic origin, even if not exclusively genetic. A knowledge of genetics, therefore, is essential to our understanding of communication, of communicative disorders, of how such disorders come about, and of how to deal with them. This is the only book to consider the genetics of communicative disorders from a broad perspective. It examines genetics, embryology, and epidemiology, along with study of the hearing, speech, and language disorders themselves. It also introduces review of issues relevant to genetic counseling and ethics. It is a unique and comprehensive work whose contributors are the leading experts in their respective disciplines. * Only book available to consider all communicative disorders * Unparalleled scrutiny of the sciences basic to the genetics of communicative disorders * Specific attention paid to clinical and ethical issues. |
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L. Rossetti, Foreword. -- Preface. -- S.E. Gerber, Introduction. -- G.E. Green and R.J.H. Smith, Delineation of Genetic Components of Communicative Disorders. -- S.E. Stool, Prenatal and Post-natal Craniofacial Development. -- D. Frenz, J. Represa, And T.R. Van De Water, Morphogenesis and Genetics of Inner Ear Development and Malformation. -- R.J. Ruben, Genetic Deafness. -- J. Williams and J. Stevenson, Genetic Language Disorders. -- R.J. Shprintzen, Genetics in Craniofacial Disorders and Clefting: Then and Now. -- S. Felsenfeld and D. Drayna, Stuttering and Genetics: Our Past and Our Future. -- J.W. Gilger, Concepts in Behavioral Genetics and Their Application to Developmental and Learning Disorders. -- S. Davis, Genetic Knowledge About Communicative Disorders: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications. -- S.E. Gerber, Treatment and Prevention. -- References. -- Author Index. -- Subject Index. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Communicative disorders -- Genetic aspects.
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Communicative disorders -- Genetic aspects. |
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Communicative disorders. |
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Communication Disorders -- genetics. |
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Abnormalities. |
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Genetic Diseases, Inborn. |
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Electronic books.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Gerber, Sanford E.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Handbook of genetic communicative disorders. San Diego ; London : Academic, ©2001 0122806050 9780122806056 (DLC) 00111521 (OCoLC)59523663 |
| ISBN |
9780122806056 |
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0122806050 |
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9780080533490 (electronic book) |
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0080533493 (electronic book) |
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128103617X |
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9781281036179 |
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