Book Description:
This book presents research in the field of communications ranging from infancy to the elderly. Topics discussed include the role of symbolic play in early literacy development; aging and the use of electronic speech generating devices in hospitals; sound spectrographic cry analysis and mother's perceptions of their infant's crying; caregiver awareness of dementia patients and the educational needs of elderly deaf persons. (Imprint: Nova Press)

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Table of Contents:
Preface pp.vii-xi

Sound Spectrographic Cry Analysis and Mothers Perception of Their Infant’s Crying, pp. 1-41
(Katarina Michelsson, Helena Todd de Barra and Oliver Michelsson)

The Role of Symbolic Play in Early Literacy Development, pp. 43-66
(Ljubica Marjanoviè Umek and Urška Fekonja Peklaj)

Aging and the Use of Electronic Speech Generating Devices in the Hospital Setting, pp. 67-96
(Mary Beth Happ, Tricia Roesch, Sarah H. Kagan,
Kathryn L. Garrett and Nedra Farkas)

Unheard Emotions and Unseen Depression: Improving Caregiver Awareness of Dementia Patients’ Affects, pp. 97-111
(Carol Magai, Kyle Arnold,
David Gomberg and Carl I. Cohen)

Assessing the End-of-Life-Care Educational Needs of Elderly Deaf Persons: Lessons on Language and Culture for Researchers and Health Practitioners, pp. 113-145
(Barbara Allen, Nancy Meyers, John Sullivan and Melissa Sullivan)

Index pp.145-155