1st Edition

COVID-19 and Speech-Language Pathology

Edited By Louise Cummings Copyright 2023
284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

284 Pages 24 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This collection is the first of its kind to examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the caseloads and clinical practice of speech-language pathologists. The volume synthesises existing data on the wide-ranging effects of COVID-19 on the communication, swallowing, and language skills of individuals with COVID infection. Featuring perspectives of scholars and practitioners from around... Read more
Chapter 1: COVID-19: A new challenge in speech-language pathology
Bijoyaa Mohapatra1 and Ranjini Mohan2
1Louisiana State University, USA
2Texas State University, USA
 
Chapter 2: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children’s speech and language development
Sara A. Charney,1 Stephen M. Camarata,2 and Alexander Chern 3,4
1Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA
3Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork–Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
4Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork–Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
 
Chapter 3: Telepractice in child speech-language pathology during COVID-19
Megan Overby
Duquesne University, USA
 
Chapter 4: Neurolinguistic deficits and other cognitive disorders in adults with severe COVID-19 infection
Konstantinos Priftis
University of Padua, Italy
 
Chapter 5: Cognitive-linguistic difficulties in adults with Long COVID
Louise Cummings
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
 
Chapter 6: Communication-related quality of life in adults with Long COVID
Louise Cummings
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
 
Chapter 7: Management of voice disorders in COVID-19
Emerald J. Doll
University of Wisconsin Health and Clinics, USA
 
Chapter 8: Clinical presentation of patients with COVID-19 in critical care following intubation and tracheostomy
Sarah Wallace
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK
 
Chapter 9: Swallowing difficulties in adults after COVID-19
Anna Miles
University of Auckland, New Zealand
 
Chapter 10: Telepractice in adult speech-language pathology during COVID-19
Elizabeth C. Ward and Ashley E. Cameron
The University of Queensland, Australia
 
Chapter 11: Psychological effects of COVID-19 on adults with aphasia and their caregivers: six-month consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns in Hong Kong
Anthony Pak-Hin Kong,1 Dustin Kai-Yan Lau2 and Vivian Nga-Ying Chai2
1The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
 
Chapter 12: The impact of COVID-19 on education and training in speech-language pathology
Janet Ho-yee Ng
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China
 
Chapter 13: Case studies of adults with COVID-19 infection
Louise Cummings
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Biography

Louise Cummings is Professor in the Department of English and Communication at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research interests in speech-language pathology are pragmatic disorders, language impairment in COVID-19, and communication in neurodegenerative disorders. In 2020, she published the volume Language in Dementia with Cambridge University Press.

 

 

"This is an essential handbook for those regularly working with patients with COVID-19 or long COVID, and also extremely relevant to all SLT services to learn more about the wider impact of the pandemic on service provision and the communication and quality of life of service users." - Philippa Clay, University of London, Bulletin, the official magazine of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists