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Parents of children who stammer may see their child suffering with embarrassment, frustration or anxiety but feel at a loss as to how best to help. This book is full of helpful advice for carers about how to build a child's confidence with techniques and tips to alleviate the stammer and improve self-esteem and school performance.
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For the resident of a long-term care facility, a visual or hearing deficit presents more than a simple communication problem-it interferes with the cherished activities of daily living and self-expression. This program assists caregivers with practical ways to improve communication and help clients stay as productive and independent as possible. Viewers learn to identify the main components of effective communication, recognize age-related hearing...
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"The King's Speech" presents a sideways glance at a crucial period in 20th-century history--as the monumentally awkward Prince Albert, or Bertie, becomes King George VI unexpectedly in 1936 when his older brother Edward VIII abdicates to marry American divorcée Wallis Simpson. In imperial Britain between the wars, that was problem enough, but Bertie suffered from a chronic stammer that made his public appearances painful for everyone. In an age of...
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A framework for the skills and knowledge necessary to help parents promote spoken language development through listening in to their young children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The book covers the most current information on hearing, listening, spoken language development and intervention for young children with hearing loss.
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This program explains the principles of assisting people with speech, hearing, or vision impairments. Various speech impediments are explored, such as misshapen palate, spastic dysarthria, and dysphasia due to stroke or Parkinson's disease. Speech pathologists are shown working with individuals who have speech or hearing impairments. Excellent computer animation is used to show the two major forms of hearing loss, conductive and sensorineural deafness,...
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Approximately 70,000 years ago, humankind began talking, and hasn't stopped since. In this fascinating program, a diverse group of experts-an evolutionary linguist, a neurologist, a geneticist, a neuropsychologist, a developmental cognitive neuroscientist, and an Oxford professor of communication-discuss the birth, development, and transmission of the mysterious phenomenon called language. Topics explored include the ability of language to express...
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