Handbook of Genetic Communicative Disorders

From the Foreword: "Without a doubt, the single area in which practicing clinicians lack current and clinically relevant training and information is genetics, and more specifically the role of genetics in communicative disorders. Over the past 15 years, I have noted this to be the case in my interactions with audiences throughout the United States and around the world. The question I regularly receive from practicing clinicians is 'Can you help me find a readable book on genetics, one that contains information that I can put into practice right away?' Up to this time, there was no single source I could refer them to. You now hold the answer in your hands. Clinically relevant, empirically sound, and eminently readable is how I would describe the information contained in the Handbook of Genetic Communicative Disorders." -Louis Rossetti, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh Handbook of Genetic Communicative Disorders is the only book to consider the genetics of communicative disorders from a broad perspective. It examines genetics, embryology, and epidemiology, along with the study of hearing, speech, and language disorders. It also introduces a review of issues relevant to genetic counseling and ethics. It is a unique and comprehensive work edited by a master clinician and filled with articles written by contributors who are the leading experts in their respective disciplines. About the Editor Dr. Sanford E. Gerber is an adjunct professor of speech and hearing sciences at Washington State University, Pullman. He is also an emeritus professor of speech and hearing sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara and a former visiting professor in the department of communication disorders at Eastern Washington University, Cheney. Dr. Gerber has received a variety of awards over the years, most notably, a diploma "honoris causa" from the Bohemian Medical Association J.E. Purkyne, and he is a correspondiente extranjero of the Mexican Society of Audiology and Phoniatrics. Dr. Gerber is the author or editor of 13 books and more than 150 journal articles, most of them dealing with communication in the very youngest people. He has lectured in numerous countries, among them The Netherlands, England, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, and Ecuador.Gerber, Sanford E. is the author of 'Handbook of Genetic Communicative Disorders' with ISBN 9780122806056 and ISBN 0122806050.