Motor Speech Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment, Third Edition offers a detailed yet streamlined introduction to motor speech disorders for graduate students and beginning clinicians. The text offers a brief historical overview of motor speech disorders, providing useful context for understanding the technology and methodology used by modern speech-language pathologists for evaluation and treatment. The text also provides a practical introduction to the human motor system and detailed coverage of six pure dysarthrias, mixed dysarthria, and apraxia of speech. Key Features: *Chapter outlines identify the major topics discussed in each chapter *A concise summary effectively wraps up each chapter to emphasize key points for students *End-of-chapter study questions prompt review and application of topics discussed in each chapter *Bolded key terms throughout and an end-of-book glossary *Videos of real life cases studies featuring patients with motor speech disorders New to the Third Edition: *Updated chapters with the latest research on motor speech disorders, with particular attention to new studies of treatment procedures *Now with full-color illustrations, providing significantly better visualization and understanding of neuroanatomy *New 7' x 10' trim size *Access to a PluralPlus companion website with upgraded clinical case videos (especially those on apraxia of speech), PowerPoint lecture slides and images bank