Profound Deafness and Speech Communication [Paperback]

Drawing together contributions from a broad selection of internationally recognized experts in the field, this book aims to provide an up-to-date summary of research concerned with speech perception and production in profoundly hearing-impaired children and adults. Following introductory chapters provided by Professor Gunnar Fant of the Department of Speech Communication and Music Acoustics in Stockholm, and Professor Harry Levitt of the City University of New York, the main body of the book is divided into four sections covering tactile aids, cochlear implants, speech perception and speech production.List of Contributors.

Foreword (Gunnar Fant).

Preface (Geoff Plant and Karl-ERik Spens).

1. Sensory Aids for Deaf People: Past, Present and Future (Harry Levitt).

PART I: TACTILE AIDS.

2. Tactile Aids: A Personal Perspective (James M. Pickett).

3. Tactiling and Tactile Aids: A User's Viewpoint (Gustaf Soderlund).

4. Tadoma: An Overview of Research (Charlotte M. Reed).

5. Design Fundamentals for Eletrotactile Devices. The Tickle Talker Case Study (Robert S.C. Cowan, Karyn L. Galvin, Peter J. Blamey and Julia Z. Sarant).

6. Education of Deaf Children with Tactual Aids: The Miami Experience (D. Kimbrough Oller, Kathleen Vergara and Rebecca E. Eilers).

7. Tactile Aid Usage in Young Deaf Children (Adele Proctor).

8. Toward Future Tactile Aids (Lynne E. Bernstein).

PART II: COCHLEAR IMPLANTS.

9. Cochlear Implants: Historical Perspectives (Graeme M. Clark).

10. The Cochlear Implant: A Weapon to Destroy Deafness or a Support for Lipreading?: A Personal View (Anita Wallin).

11. Speech Perception and Production Skills in Children with Cochlear Implants (Mary Joe Osberger).

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