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

About the Author

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.

Reviews

"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

Book Information
ISBN 9781032190068
Author Louise Cummings
Format Paperback
Page Count 272
Imprint Routledge
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Weight(grams) 380g