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 to investigate various aspects of communication disorders‎.‎ The first part of the Handbook introduces in some detail the concept of qualitative research and its application to communication disorders‎,‎ and describes the main qualitative research approaches‎.‎ The contributions are forward‎-looking rather than merely giving an overview of their topic‎.‎ The second part illustrates these approaches through a series of case studies of different communication disorders using qualitative methods of research‎.‎ This Handbook is an essential resource for senior undergraduate and graduate students‎,‎ researchers and practitioners‎,‎ in communication disorders and related fields‎.‎