Ebook: A Handbook on Stuttering

Comprehensive, clear, and accurate, this text provides evidence-based, practical information critical to understanding stuttering. By thoroughly examining the intricacies of the disorder,  A Handbook on Stuttering lays the foundation needed before considering assessment and treatment.

New to the Seventh Edition

• A completely reorganized table of contents, including two new chapters.
• The deletion of approximately 1,000 non-peer-reviewed references from the previous edition to assure discussion of the highest quality evidence on stuttering.
• New content on the development of stuttering across the lifespan and assessment.
• Given the Handbook’s historic role as a primary reference for allied professionals, a new chapter that addresses myths and misconceptions about stuttering
• Expanded coverage on role of temperament in childhood stuttering
• Expanded coverage of brain-based research, genetics, and treatment findings.
• A thoroughly updated chapter on conditions under which stuttering fluctuates
• Brief tutorial overviews of critical concepts in genetics, neuroimaging, language analysis and other relevant constructs, to better enable reader appreciation of research findings.
• A greater selection of conceptual illustrations of basic concepts and findings than in prior editions
• Integrated cross-referencing to content across chapters
• A PluralPlus companion website showing the deleted content from the previous edition