Speech Language Pathology and Audiology

The purpose of this text is to introduce graduate-level students and practicing clinicians to the wide variety of professional issues that define the communicative disorders professions, affect service delivery, and guide the interaction of audiologists and speech-language pathologists with other education and health service delivery professionals in a variety of settings. This text addresses a broad scope of issues, and also serves as a key text for students and as a professional reference. The text covers topics current to both educational and health care settings, overviews the professions of speech language pathology and audiology, and introduces the reader to a variety of professional issues such as preparing for employment, infection control, burn out, and many other topics. This book should be of interest to graduate students in audiology and speech-language therapy.