COVID-19 and Speech-Language Pathology

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the caseloads and clinical practice of speech-language pathologists. This collection examines the effects of the pandemic on communication, swallowing, and language skills of individuals with COVID infection, and how clinicians have modified their working practices to prioritize patient and clinician safety. It also reflects on changes in training and education to prepare students for professional practice in an age of COVID-19.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2022
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

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 the globe, the book examines the ways in which clinicians have had to modify their working practices to prioritise patient and clinician safety, including the significant increase in the use of telepractice during the pandemic. The volume also reflects on changes in training and education which have seen educators in the field redesign their clinical practicum in order to best prepare students for professional practice in an age of COVID-19 and beyond, as the field continues to grapple with the long-term effects of the pandemic.

Offering a holistic treatment of the impact of COVID-19 on the work of speech-language pathologists, this book will be of interest to students, researchers, and clinicians working in the discipline.

Chapters 5, 6, 10, and 13 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com

Weight: 684g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032190075