Methods in Clinical Phonetics

This book is written for the beginning student of communicationdisorders with a basic understanding of phonetics, or thepractising speech-language therapist whose phonetic training mayneed updating. It introduces the reader to the main areas ofphonetics, and the main methods through which the phoneticianreduces speech data to a permanent record. The book, then, illustrates the three main approaches to theinvestigation of spoken language; articulatory, acoustic, andauditory. Further, it describes how impressionistic phonetictranscription through symbolisation differs from instrumentalphonetic techniques. For each of these areas of discussion,chapters are provided that examine the general phonetic aspects,followed by chapters that illustrate their application to clinicaldata. The authors are both phoneticians with experience ofinvestigating both normal and disordered speech through bothimpressionistic and instrumental means, and this is the first bookin this market that describes a whole range of data reductiontechniques and illustrates them with data relevant to the studentand practitioner of communication disorders.