Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
List of Figures
List of Tables
Chapter 1. Fluency, Disfluency, Dysfluency
Chapter 2. Development of Fluency
Chapter 3. Anatomical and Physiological Bases of Fluency
Chapter 4. Acoustic Bases of Fluency
Chapter 5. Linguistic Bases of Fluency
Chapter 6. Genetic Bases of Fluency
Chapter 7. Prosodic Basis of Fluency
Chapter 8. Psychological Basis of Fluency
Chapter 9. Synthesis of all Chapters
About the Author
Index
Reviews
“The comprehensive information contained in this book is a result of a collaboration of esteemed students and colleagues sharing years of clinical and research experience for the purpose of expanding knowledge and understanding of different facets related to speech fluency in children and adults. Culminating decades of innovative teaching and research by an acknowledged master of the profession, Dr. S.R. Savitri’s book crystallizes into a unified whole, a multidisciplinary subject of broad scope, great richness, and enormous practical importance. Each chapter in this book provides the necessary foundations for students, clinicians and researchers. Must-read primer for anyone who is interested in carrying out evidence-based practice with their clients with fluency disorders should have a copy of this book and refer to it frequently.”
-Teralandur K. Parthasarathy, Ph.D., Former Professor and Chair, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, USA
“Fluency and Its’ Bases is written by Dr. S. R. Savithri, a highly accomplished and multi award winning researcher, clinician and educator in the area of Speech sciences and Speech pathology. Stuttering is a complex speech disorder, and, to appreciate the complexities of this disorder, one must have a good understanding of fluency. In this book, Fluency and Its Bases, Dr. Savithri has done an excellent job in analyzing fluency from a multidimensional perspective. This is the first comprehensive book to analyze and summarize the body of work done on fluency both nationally (within India) and internationally. This comprehensive book on fluency and its disorders is an essential reading for students, teachers and researchers in the field of communication disorders. This book, organized into eight main chapters and a summary in chapter nine, provides a comprehensive coverage of fluency. Starting with a clear explanation of fluency and its development, the reader is then guided through various bases of fluency including relevant theories and literature. These chapters elucidate bases of fluency including anatomical and physiological, acoustic, genetic, linguistic, psychological, and prosodic bases. Readers will appreciate the history of research as well as the current state of the art research regarding the various dimensions of fluency.” -Sreedevi Aithal, PhD, MSc., MPH., M(Aud)SA, Consultant Audiologist, Adjunct lecturer- James Cook University, Adjunct lecturer – University of Queensland, Department of Audiology, Townsville University Hospital, Australia
