COVID-19 and Speech-Language Pathology

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

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.

Chapter 1: COVID-19: A new challenge in speech-language pathology Bijoyaa Mohapatra1 and Ranjini Mohan2 1Louisiana State University, USA 2Texas State University, USA Chapter 2: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on children's speech and language development Sara A. Charney,1 Stephen M. Camarata,2 and Alexander Chern 3,4 1Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, USA 2Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA 4Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA Chapter 3: Telepractice in child speech-language pathology during COVID-19 Megan Overby Duquesne University, USA Chapter 4: Neurolinguistic deficits and other cognitive disorders in adults with severe COVID-19 infection Konstantinos Priftis University of Padua, Italy Chapter 5: Cognitive-linguistic difficulties in adults with Long COVID Louise Cummings The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Chapter 6: Communication-related quality of life in adults with Long COVID Louise Cummings The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Chapter 7: Management of voice disorders in COVID-19 Emerald J. Doll University of Wisconsin Health and Clinics, USA Chapter 8: Clinical presentation of patients with COVID-19 in critical care following intubation and tracheostomy Sarah Wallace Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK Chapter 9: Swallowing difficulties in adults after COVID-19 Anna Miles University of Auckland, New Zealand Chapter 10: Telepractice in adult speech-language pathology during COVID-19 Elizabeth C. Ward and Ashley E. Cameron The University of Queensland, Australia Chapter 11: Psychological effects of COVID-19 on adults with aphasia and their caregivers: six-month consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns in Hong Kong Anthony Pak-Hin Kong,1 Dustin Kai-Yan Lau2 and Vivian Nga-Ying Chai2 1The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China 2The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Chapter 12: The impact of COVID-19 on education and training in speech-language pathology Janet Ho-yee Ng The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China Chapter 13: Case studies of adults with COVID-19 infection Louise Cummings The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China