Book reviewed in this article:Genetics and Learning Disabilities Edited by Shelley D. Smith.The Language of Children and Adolescents: the acquisition of communicative competenceLanguage Intervention with Young Children By Marc E. Fey. London and Philadelphia: Taylor and Francis.Treatment Procedures in Communicative Disorders By M. N. Hegde. San Diego: College Hill.Nature of Communication Disorders in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Populations Edited by O. L. Taylor.Hearing Impairment, Auditory Perception and Language Disability By John Bamford and Elaine Saunders. London: Edward Arnold.Assessment of Central Auditory Function: foundations and clinical correlates Edited by Marilyn L. Pinheiro and Frank. E. Musiek. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins.Hearing Aid Assessment and Use in Audiologic Habilitation (3rd edition) Edited by William R. Hodgson.Deaf Worlds By Sally Sainsbury with the assistance of Penny Lloyd‐Evans. Beckenham: Croom Helm.Early Treatment of Cleft Lip and Palate Edited by M. Hotz, W. Gnoinski, M. Perko, H. Nussbaumer, E. Hof and R. Haubensak.Treating Auditory Processing Difficulties in Children By Christine Sloan. San Diego: College Hill. London: Taylor & Francis.Mental Handicap: a multidisciplinary approach Edited by Michael Craft, Joan Bicknell and Sheila Hollins.Handbook of Stuttering Therapy for the School Clinician By William R. Leith. Basingstoke: Taylor & Francis.Comprehensive Stuttering Programme By Einer Boberg and Deborah Anne Kully. Basingstoke: Taylor and Francis.Inquiring Man: the Psychology of Personal Constructs (3rd edition) By D. Bannister and F. Fransella.Introducing Counselling Skills and Techniques, with Particular Application for the Paramedical Professions. By G. Brearley and P. Birchley. London: Faber and Faber.Clinical Management of Neurogenic Communication Disorders (2nd edition) Edited by Donnell F. Johns.Practical Management of Stroke By Graham P. Mulley.Working with Dysarthrics: a practical guide to therapy for dysarthria By Sandra J. Robertson and Fay Thomson.Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation: patterns and techniques By D. E. Voss, M. K. Ionta and B. J. Myers.Clinical Utilisation of Microcomputer Technology By Raymond G. Romanczyk. Oxford: Pergamon.Intonation in Discourse Edited by Catherine Johns‐Lewis.