Motor Speech Disorders
Substrates, Differential Diagnosis, and Management
- 5th Edition - February 9, 2026
- Latest edition
- Author: Joseph R. Duffy
- Language: English
Cutting-edge content helps you understand and manage motor speech disorders! Using the latest evidence-based research, Motor Speech Disorders, 5th Edition, covers everything fr… Read more
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Description
Description
Cutting-edge content helps you understand and manage motor speech disorders! Using the latest evidence-based research, Motor Speech Disorders, 5th Edition, covers everything from the neurologic bases and causes of disorders to examination, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. Chapters address the different types of dysarthria as well as apraxia of speech and other disorders. New to this edition are enhanced illustrations, revised case studies, and key points highlighting the most important information. Written by noted speech pathology educator Joseph R. Duffy, this text provides the foundational knowledge needed to diagnose and manage speech disorders even as it supports clinicians and researchers across related fields.
Key features
Key features
- Cutting-edge research with an emphasis on evidence-based practice ensures that this book contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date look at the state of motor speech disorders
- Logical three-part organization first covers the neurologic underpinnings of speech, then the various disorders resulting from problems in different parts of the nervous system, and then basic principles and disorder-specific management strategies
- Summary boxes and tables offer easy access to important information such as the causes and characteristics of a disorder, aiding in differential diagnosis and management
- Chapter summaries highlight each chapter’s most important information
- More than 400 literature references update clinically important information for each major part of the textbook
Readership
Readership
Speech-Language Pathology students
Table of contents
Table of contents
PART 1 Substrates
1. Defining, Understanding, and Categorizing Motor Speech Disorders
2. Neurologic Bases of Motor Speech and Its Disorders
3. Examination of Motor Speech Disorders
PART 2 The Disorders and Their Diagnoses
4. Flaccid Dysarthrias
5. Spastic Dysarthria
6. Ataxic Dysarthria
7. Hypokinetic Dysarthria
8. Hyperkinetic Dysarthrias
9. Dysarthria Associated With Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Impairment
10. Mixed Dysarthrias
11. Apraxia of Speech
12. Neurogenic Mutism
13. Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
14. Functional and Related Speech Disorders
15. Clinical Differential Diagnosis
PART 3 Management
16. Managing Motor Speech Disorders: Broad Overview
17. Managing the Dysarthrias
18. Managing Apraxia of Speech
19. Managing Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
20. Managing Functional Speech Disorders
1. Defining, Understanding, and Categorizing Motor Speech Disorders
2. Neurologic Bases of Motor Speech and Its Disorders
3. Examination of Motor Speech Disorders
PART 2 The Disorders and Their Diagnoses
4. Flaccid Dysarthrias
5. Spastic Dysarthria
6. Ataxic Dysarthria
7. Hypokinetic Dysarthria
8. Hyperkinetic Dysarthrias
9. Dysarthria Associated With Unilateral Upper Motor Neuron Impairment
10. Mixed Dysarthrias
11. Apraxia of Speech
12. Neurogenic Mutism
13. Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
14. Functional and Related Speech Disorders
15. Clinical Differential Diagnosis
PART 3 Management
16. Managing Motor Speech Disorders: Broad Overview
17. Managing the Dysarthrias
18. Managing Apraxia of Speech
19. Managing Other Neurogenic Speech Disturbances
20. Managing Functional Speech Disorders
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 5
- Latest edition
- Published: March 19, 2026
- Language: English
About the author
About the author
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Joseph R. Duffy
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Speech Pathology, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic Emeritus Professor, Speech Pathology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, USA