Clinical Cases in Dysarthria

”‘What do I need to do to make a difference?’ might be our most important and frequently asked question as clinicians. In this insightful and accessible presentation of Clinical Cases in Dysarthria, well-known authors and editors Margaret Walshe and Nick Miller describe, together with invited authors, a number of relevant and informative case examples, cases that reveal the depth and complexity of the communication problems faced by individuals with dysarthria and their clinicians. And they do it with the passion to make a difference. Walshe and Miller provide us with an opportunity to learn from individuals and to thereby find principles to apply in other cases. We gain new perspectives, rather than just solving problems.” – Professor Lena Hartelius, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

‘“What do I need to do to make a difference?” might be our most important and frequently asked question as clinicians. In this insightful and accessible presentation of Clinical Cases in Dysarthria, well-known authors and editors Margaret Walshe and Nick Miller describe, together with invited authors, a number of relevant and informative case examples, cases that reveal the depth and complexity of the communication problems faced by individuals with dysarthria and their clinicians. And they do it with the passion to make a difference. Walshe and Miller provide us with an opportunity to learn from individuals and to thereby find principles to apply in other cases. We gain new perspectives, rather than just solving problems.’
Professor Lena Hartelius, Department of Health and Rehabilitation, University of Gothenburg, Sweden

‘There are a multitude of valuable ways to study and improve the evaluation, diagnosis and care of people with dysarthria. The cases in this book illustrate more effectively than any randomized controlled trial or rigorously-controlled single-subject study that optimal real-world clinical care for people with dysarthria is an art based on science. This book exemplifies the great educational and heuristic value of case studies from expert clinicians and experienced researchers who understand the importance of evidence in diagnostic and treatment decision-making, while maintaining a central focus on the needs of our patients within the world in which they live’.
Professor Joseph R. Duffy, Emeritus Consultant & Professor Speech Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA

Margaret Walshe is Associate Professor in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. She is also a speech and language therapist with extensive experience in dysarthria and related disorders. Her current research is focused on the amalgamation of evidence for intervention approaches in speech and swallowing disorders associated with acquired neurodegenerative disease.

Nick Miller is Emeritus Professor of Motor Speech Disorders at the University of Newcastle, UK. His internationally acclaimed research has been based on single case and small group studies through to large-scale investigatory and experimental approaches, qualitative as well as quantitative methods. He continues to be an active researcher, with particular emphasis on apraxia of speech, dysarthria and functional/psychogenic speech disorders.

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