This volume provides a comprehensive and in-depth handbook of qualitative research in the field of communication disorders. It introduces and illustrates the wide range of qualitative paradigms that have been used in recent years and is an essential resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and practitioners, in communication disorders and related fields.

Foreword by Charles Goodwin. Preface by Nancye Roussel. M.J. Ball, N. Müller, R. Nelson, Introduction. Part 1: Qualitative Approaches to Research. J. Duchan, Case Studies in Qualitative Research. N. Simmons-Mackie, Micro and Macro Traditions in Qualitative Research. R. Nelson, K. Adendroth, Ethnography. D. Kovarksy, Ethnography of Communication Disorders Revisited. R. Wilkinson, Conversation Analysis. J. Hinckley, Phenomenology. B. Armstrong, D. Hersh, Grounded Theory. M. Perkins, Pragmatics as Interaction. N. Müller, Z. Mok, L. Keegan, Systemic Functional Linguistics. Part 2: Case Studies in Qualitative Research. A. Ferguson, A Critical Discourse Perspective on Understandings of the Nature of Aphasia. P. Auer, The Limits of Cooperation - Speakership in Interaction with Aphasics. C. Scheffner Hammer, "Life is Hard but I'm Trying:" Understanding the Lives of the Families Speech-Language Pathologists Serve. C. Penn, Intercultural Health Communication: Why Qualitative Methods Matter. J. Tetnowski, S.J. D'Agostino, M. Trichon, A Narrative Study of the Onset of Stuttering. H. Damico, An Investigation of the Process of Meaning Construction during Writing with Language Disordered Children. M.-C. Hallé, G. Le Dorze, A Grounded Theory of Caring Based on the Experience of the Daughter of an Aphasic Woman. M. Fujiki, B. Brinton, It Was 20 Years Ago Today: What We Can Learn from a 20-year Case Study of an Individual with Language Impairment. J. Goldbart, J. Marshall, Using Thematic Network Analysis: An Example Using Interview Data from Parents of Children Who Use AAC. B. Rutter, M.J. Ball, T. Kroll, Interactional Phonetics: Background and Examples. Part 3: Epilogue. J. Guendouzi, Qualitative Research Revisited. J.S. Damico, Aiming for Explication: Reflections on the Qualitative Research Process.