Genetics, Syndromes and Communication Disorders [Hardcover]

Robert J. Shprintzen (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1565936205 | ISBN-13: 978-1565936201 | Publication Date: October 1, 1997 | Edition: 1

To stay current with their profession, speech-language, and hearing clinicians and students must have a strong working knowledge of genetic disorders and their associated symptoms. Dr. Shprintzen's comprehensive manual provides a clear, understandable overview of human genetics and the modes of inheritance directly related to communicative disorders, as well as the proper methodology taking a detailed medical, behavioral, and genetic history for diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis. TEXTBOOK

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About the Author

Robert J. Shprintzen, Ph.D., is a Director of Communication Disorders Unit and Professor of Otolaryngology and Communication Science, State University of New York Health Sciences Center at Syracuse. He also directs the Center for Genetic Communication Disorders and the Center for Diagnosis, Treatment, and Study of Velo-Cardio-Facial Syndrome. Dr. Shprintzen completed his doctoral studies at Syracuse University in 1973. He served as Director of the Center for Craniofacial Disorders at Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine for 23 years. Dr. Shprintzen has had an exceptionally active research career in clinical genetics, dysmorphology, speech physiology, radiology, fiberoptic endoscopy, cleft anatomy and physiology, and research methodology. He is the author or co-author of more than 150 peer-reviewed papers in more than 20 scholarly journals and has written three other textbooks. As a result of his research, four genetic disorders have been named after him. He is an Honorary Fellow of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology and a Fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 324 pages
• Publisher: Singular; 1 edition (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1565936205
• ISBN-13: 978-1565936201
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,033,493 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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