Tongue-Disorders Books

The photos (not illustrations) in the book are full-color and very helpful in showing different types of tongue ties, and the many not-so-obvious side effects of a tongue tie that isn't treated in a timely manner. It includes many stories involving a tongue tie diagnosis, treatment, and subsequent results, which are extremely educational and reassuring for a family facing this situation. My only complaint is that they don't include infant photos and symptoms; the information is limited to school-age children and older, through adulthood. A great diagnostic tool but not for my purpose, which is working with infants.

This is a wonderful book about tongue-tie, its diagnosis, implications and treatment. As a parent of a child with tongue-tie and as a Speech Pathologist I have found this book interesting, educational and informative. It is ESSENTIAL READING for all Speech Pathologists working with children.

An excellent guide on tongue tie and the implications it has on speech. This disorder is largely ignored by health professionals or else is dismissed as not causing difficulties. Since reading this informative book my assessment of tongue tie has become more accurate and objectively determined. This book should be a textbook for all speech and language clinicians and students as well as doctors. Congratulations Carmen for putting the spotlight on this topic.

My adopted daughter had tongue-tie. She had trouble swallowing and couldn't make many sounds. The author's descriptions, background, and suggestions for talking with our doctor made the whole process much easier. Also with a full set of tongue exercises for after the surgery, to get your child up to normal tongue use. We're buying a second copy to donate to our public library for other families!

As far as we have found, this is the ONLY book for parents out there. Our doctor had never heard of it. Fortunately it is excellent.

Both Dr Hanson and Dr. Mason provide an extraordinary perspective for speech pathologists who are presented with clients who have "tongue thrust" and associated speech, swallow difficulties. The book is both comprehensive and yet easy to read. Excellent for associated anatomy and physiology as well as PRACTICAL steps for treament!! This is a must read for all clinicians who are currently treating clients with tongue thrust and for those who may be treaing clients in the future. In addition, speech pathology students would obtain a broad knowledge of this disorder and effective treatment.

The tip-of-the-tongue (TOT) was once thought to be simply a curiosity and at best a window into the processes of memory. In a systematic and well thought out manner, Schwartz brings TOT to age as a phenomenon proper suitable for scientific study as a legitimate metacognitive state. This book was written for both the researcher and the scholar, but is of suitable readability and interest to the general reading audience.
Schwartz helps to bring TOT from a mere curiosity to a desirable topic worthy of scientific study. The book is easy to read and is suitable for reading at any stage of an academic career and would make an excellent supplemental text for a course on memory. You won't be disappointed with this book.

If you are a stutterer, or you have an interest in speech pathology and desire to learn more about stuttering, this book is an interesting place to start. Now, granted, it is not an easy read for the layperson, and it certainly does not discuss issues of indivudal stuttering concepts, but if you want a history, if you want to read about different strategies welcomed in the past, and if you want to learn a little about those famous people who have endured through many uncomfortable situations of "tongue-tied-ness," grab a copy of this book!

Keep in mind though, that if you're looking to learn about the causes and therapies and in-depth experiences with stuttering, this book will not fulfill that venue. This is a book on history and the interesting and absurd methods of "curing" the stutter that were utilized. At any rate, if you are a stutterer and you want to see that you're not alone, please pick up a copy of this book. :o)

This book is a fairly interesting history of stuttering. Benson Bobrick takes a look at historical figures who have stuttered, a list which includes Charles Darwin, Winston Churchill, Marilyn Monroe, Moses, and the Greek speaker Demosthenes. Knotted Tongues is a look at how stuttering was perceived throughout history and how stuttering has been treated.

The part of this book that I found the most fascinating was the time it spent examining how stuttering was treated over time. What I didn't expect was how cringe-inducing this would be. There were some methods that involved the chewing of various substances, as well as other that involved speaking with a mouth full of pebbles. The cringe-worthy methods involved scalding the tongue, and burning around the throat and head (the reasons had to do with what these doctors thought about the causes of stuttering). As painful as these sound, the most brutal method of treatment was a surgery that cuts part of the tongue away. Mind you, this was done before anesthetics. There is a fairly graphic description of this surgery in the book.

Knotted Tongues is not a book about how to best treat stuttering, nor does it go into detail about the variety of modern (and much more humane) treatments available today. This is a history of stuttering. It is easily readable, and does not go into the level of technical detail that you would find in Starkweather's "Stuttering". While someone who stutters may have more interest in this book, I think that anyone would find this interesting, if only to see the various methods of treatment and how stutterers have been viewed throughout history. Good book.

It seems to be an axiom in my field of speech pathology that most speech/language therapists are able to deal with the mechanics of speech and language well enough but can't communicate effectively. Most speakers and writers in the field are unbearable communicators who wouldn't recognize an interesting sentence (rather than a nerve deadening dose of academic jargon) if it leapt up and bit them on their private parts (I would like to use a more colorful term but this is a family site).
Thankfully, Bobrick knows how to write quite well. This is a fascinating (and highly readable) survey of stuttering in history. It should be on the shelf of everyone who works with stutterers.

This book looks at the history of stuttering and its treatment from long ago to the present. As someone who stuttering I appreciated the author's thoroughness in researching the treatment processes used in the past and comparing them to the present.

Bobrick, a stutterer himself, writes a fascinating historical overview of both the famous stutterers in history (Greek orator Demosthenes, Winston Churchill, Nai Bevan) and reviews the "cures" on offer through the ages. I am similarly afflicted and found the book fascinating. My good friend Jon bought it for me after a low point in my life when I did jury service. My oath took the best part of 25 minutes and my fellow jurors elected me foreman. The verdict was real edge-of-your-seat stuff.