This book will address the speech issues that affect all people, but specifically focus on the concerns of young adults-not just the how and whys of each issue, but how to cope with them. It will include teen interviews/stories, expert quotes, history of different conditions, definitions of technical terms necessary for understanding the conditions, media concerning speech problems (such as The King's Speech), and short biographies of well-known people who have dealt with and/or overcome these same issues.

 

This is volume 40 in It Happened To Me .

There are 244 pages in this book. This book was published 2014 by Rowman & Littlefield .

Marlene Targ Brill, a former special educator, is an award-winning author of more than 60 books by various publishers including Children's Press and Barron's. Many of her titles have been for teens and young adults, including books about diabetes, asthma, and Tourette syndrome.

This book has the following chapters: Acknowledgments Introduction: Let's Talk Speech and Language 1. The Amazing Story of Communication 2. When Words Won't Flow: Stuttering and Other Fluency Challenges 3. Mixed-Up Sounds and Words: Speech Sound Disorders 4. When the Voice Goes Haywire: Voice Disorders 5. When the Brain Hears and Processes Information Differently: Language Disorders 6. Cars, Guns, Sports, and the Unexpected: Brain Injury and Communication 7. When English Sounds New or Different 8. Technology as a Communication Game Changer 9. Looking Ahead: Boosting Communication Skills All Around Glossary Index About the Author