Communication Disorders in Turkish

This book presents a collection of studies on research and clinical practice, including assessment and therapy materials, in different communication disorders in Turkish. It is primarily aimed at Speech-language Pathologists who may work with Turkish speaking clients and who need resources on the language and how to assess communication disorders. Professionals and researchers from related disciplines such as clinical linguistics, psychology, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics will also benefit from it, as the contents will prove to be useful in the understanding of universal and language-specific aspects of speech and language development.

Seyhun Topbas is Professor of Speech & Language Pathology at Anadolu University, Eskisehir, Turkey. She is one of the pioneers of the Speech & Language Pathology profession in Turkey and the founder of the graduate programs in Speech and Language Therapy and DILKOM (Education, Research and Training Centre for Speech and Language Pathology) at Anadolu University. Dr Topbas has developed a standardized Turkish Articulation and Phonology Test and published on phonological and language disorders in a variety of books and journals. She is currently on the editorial board of Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics.
Mehmet Yavas is Professor of Linguistics at Florida International University, Miami, Florida. His main area is phonology and its application to language acquisition and to speech and language disorders. His articles on Applied Phonology have appeared in numerous journals. He is the principal author of Avaliacao Fonologica da Crianca (a phonological assessment procedure for Brazilian Portuguese). His other publications are Phonological Disorders in Children (Routledge, 1991), First and Second Language Phonology (Singular, 1994), Phonology: Development and Disorders (Singular, 1998), Applied English Phonology (Blackwell, 2006).