Table of Contents:
  • Challenges of logopedics and speech-language therapy in Finland / Kaisa Launonen & Anu Klippi
  • Aspects of the structure of Finnish / Marja-Liisa Helasvuo
  • Tests and assessment methods currently used and new ones desired by Finnish
  • Speech and language therapists / Kerttu Huttunen, Leila Paavola & Anne Suvanto
  • Normal and disordered phonological acquisition in Finnish / Pirjo Kulju & Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen
  • Logopedic research on communication difficulties in childhood / Pirjo Korpilahti & Kaisu Heinonen
  • Alternative communication form as a genuinely shared language / Kaisa Launonen
  • Text production of Finnish speakers with aphasia / Anna-Maija Korpijaakko-Huuhka
  • Semantic impairment in Finnish-speaking people with Alzheimer's disease: a review / Seija Pekkala
  • The interplay between verbal and nonverbal behaviour in aphasic word search in conversation / Anu Klippi & Liisa Ahopalo
  • The acquisition of Finnish sign language / Ritva Takkinen
  • Children with cochlear implants acquiring the Finnish language / Eila Lonka
  • Speech intelligibility in hearing impairment / Kerttu Huttunen
  • Experiences from six years of screening for voice disorders among teacher students / Susanna Simberg & Eeva Sala.