Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Speech Sound Disorders
Course Code
REK_292
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
6.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Ilze Blūmentāle
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
Objective
Acquire knowledge about speech sound disorders: cause and symptoms (Articulation disorders; Phonological disorders; Dysarthria, Apraxia). Assessment of Speech or Sound Production. Treatment of speech sound disorders.
Preliminary Knowledge
Pedagogy; Basic Principles of Didactics of Pedagogy in the Work of an Audiologist; Assessment and Classification of Functional Capacity Limit.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.3 semester • describe articulation and phonological disorders; • recommend treatment options for articulation and phonological disorders; • classify the types, manifestations of speech disorders, analyse the causes of the disorders; • list the types and directions of speech sound interference therapy. 4 semester • describe organic and structural speech noise interference; • classify the types, manifestations of speech disorders, analyse the causes of the disorders; • list the types and directions of therapy for organic and structural speech disorders.
Skills
1.3rd semester • assess the structure involved in articulation – tongue, lips, jaw, etc., phonological skills; • analyse the types of pronunciation and pronunciation disorders; • Plan speech sound interference therapy based on evidence-based findings. 4 semester • assess the structure involved in articulation – the operation of the tongue, lips, jaw etc. in the event of organic and structural speech sound interference. • analyse types of organic and structural sound interference; • Plan speech sound interference therapy based on evidence-based findings.
Competences
1.3 and 4 semesters • will be able to make practical use of the acquired knowledge and practical skills, speech disorders of different origins for assessment, analysis and therapy planning, and will be able to perform the necessary therapy.
Assessment
Individual work
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Grade
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1.
Individual work |
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3rd semester: • clinical case analysis • clinical case Reports • literature Review for Research Paper • pair work – Evidence-Based Practice for Children With Speech Sound disorders. 4th semester: • clinical case analysis • clinical case Reports • literature Review for Research Paper (speech sound disorder) • group work – Evidence-Based Practice for Children With Speech Sound disorders, research paper analysis. |
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Examination
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% from total grade
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Grade
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1.
Examination |
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10 points
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semester 3: • self-assessment tests have been successfully completed during the study course; • assessment report • presentation of the couple’s work • independent work submitted. semester 4: final assessment cumulative: successful self-assessment tests 50%; group work 20%, independent work 30% submitted |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Speech sound development.
Classification of speech sound disorders.
Speech sound disorder: causes and symptoms.
Prevention of speech sound disorder.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Speech sound disorders: symptoms and diagnostics.
Speech sound disorder screening diagnostics.
Latvian language phoneme test material.
Phonological awareness.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Treatment of speech sound disorders in children.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Assesment: control of the mandible, coordination of tongue and lips, artikulation.
Assessment of speech sound disorders.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Articulation disorder: front consonant.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Articulation disorder: central and back consonant.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Phonological disorder.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Treatment planning for speech sound disorders. Treatment of speech sound disorders in children.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Test (Semester)
Part 2
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Course content. Classification of sound pronoun interference. Organic speech noise interference.
Content of study course, examinations;
Semester paper development??
Classification of speech noise interference;
Organic speech noise interference.
Dysartria, causes, clinical manifestations, forms.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Dysartria. Apraxation of speech.
Definition of dysartria, aetiology, pathogenesis;
The classification of dysartria;
Clinical expression of speech disorders in the case of dysartria;
Definition of apraxia;
Types of apraxation: oral apraxia, speech apraxia;
Acquired speech apraxia in adults;
Apraxation of childhood speech;
Clinical manifestations of apraxia.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Sound pronunciation \run impairment IN OMF, hearing, adenoid impairment, short undertongue ligament:
Orofacial myofunctional disorder in children: causes, pathogenesis, clinical manifestations;
Sound pronunciation disturbances, their expression in the event of myofunctional disturbances;
Sound pronunciation \run interference in adenoids;
Sound pronunciation \run impairment in cases of hearing impairment;
Speech\ sound pronunciation interference in the case of a palate cleft.
Speech\ sound pronun
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Other
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of the performance of the structures involved in speech/sound formation, evaluation of the performance of cranial nerves.
Evaluation of the structures involved in articulation – jaws, tongue, lips, soft palates.
Assessment of the performance of head nerves — V, VII, IX, X, XII.
Appreciation of speech comprehensibility.
Presentation of semester paper topic ideas.
Tongue ligament evaluation.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Congenital acquired dysartria.
Clinical signs of dysartria in children.
Assessment and analysis of clinical signs of speech in congenital dysartria.
Dysartria and BCT.
Viking scale.
FKS.
MPC.
Causes and clinical signs of dysartria in adults;
Dizartry assessment possibilities in the working practice of audiologopedics in adults;
Treatment options for dysartria (children, adults).
Clinical case analyses.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Childhood speech apraxation, acquired apraxation.
Causes of childhood speech apraxia/dyspraxia, clinical manifestations in children;
Analysis of complex sound pronunciation /run disturbances;
Apraxia assessment possibilities obtained;
Treatment options for apraxation;
Clinical case analysis.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Treatment options for speech disorders.
Therapy planning in the event of complex sound pronunciation /run problems;
Clinical case simulation, analysis;
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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OMF interference.
Myofunctional interference;
Evaluation, diagnosis of myofunctional disorders;
Measurements of bite, lip, tongue, cheek strength;
Assessment of tongue function during the oral swallowing phase.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Sound pronunciation /run interference due to OMF interference.
ASSESSMENT of OMF interference;
Treatment options for OMF disorders;
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
36 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Bauman-Waengler, Jacqueline, Garcia, Diane, 2018. Phonological Treatment of Speech Sound Disorders in Children: A Practical Guide, San Diego: Plural Publishing, Incorporated.
2.
Irēna Miltiņa, 2017. Modelēšana logopēdijā. Rīga: Izdevniecība RaKa
3.
Ken M. Bleile, 2018. Speech Sound Disorders: For Classroom and Clinic. 4th Edition. Plural Publishing, Incorporated.
4.
The Handbook of Language and Speech Disorders, 2021, p.334-367 Izdošanas ziņas. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd Valoda
5.
Rhea Flipsen, Peter Paul, 2015. Speech Sound Disorders in Children: In Honor of Lawrence D. Shriberg, Plural Publishing, Inc.
Additional Reading
1.
Blūmentāle Ilze, u.c., 2014. Rokasgrāmata runas, valodas un dzirdes attīstībā un traucējumu izzināšanā.
2.
Dodd, Karen, 2013. Differential Diagnosis and Treatment of Children with Speech Disorder. John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
3.
Irēna Miltiņa, 2008. Skolotāja logopēda darba mape. Rīga: RaKa
4.
Nick Miller, 2014. Motor Speech Disorders: a cross-language perspective
5.
Wanda G. Webb, 2017. Neurology for the speech-language pathologist / Wanda G. Webb. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier