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A Retrospective Look at the Ethnography of Communication Disorders

Issue: Vol 7 No. 1 (2016) .

Journal: Journal of Interactional Research in Communication Disorders

Subject Areas: Linguistics

DOI: 10.1558/jircd.v7i1.27511

Abstract:

This article takes a retrospective look at how the ethnography of communication disorders (ECD) has contributed to our understanding of communication disorders since its inception in the late 1980s. It is argued that ECD has enriched our understanding of the epistemological foundations of communication disorders, illuminated the interactional patterning of assessment and intervention, supported the development of alternate models of treatment, and led to the development of a new unit of analysis for representing the nature of communication disorders and the outcomes of our helping practices.

Author: Dana Kovarsky

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