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by Gloria J. Borden and Katherine S. Harris, 297 pp, with illus, Baltimore, Williams & Wilkins Co, 1980.

BYRON J. BAILEY, MD, Reviewer
Galveston, Tex

Arch Otolaryngol. 1981;107(2):131.

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The object of this book is to prepare a comprehensive but elementary book on speech science that fills the need for a text that is easy to understand, but successfully integrates the basic material on production, acoustics, and perception of speech.

The book deals with the linkage between speech, language, and thought, and profiles the contributions of several pioneers in the field of speech science. The authors have included a chapter on the evolution of language and speech that provides provocative postulates of interest. There is also a nice review of the research tools currently in use in speech science laboratories.

Of greatest interest to otolaryngologists are the three sections that deal with acoustics, speech production, and speech perception. The authors are experts in these areas and have provided a succinct and lucid review of the concepts that are central to these fields.

The book is available in soft-cover and . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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