Challenges of logopedics and speech-language therapy in Finland / Kaisa Launonen & Anu Klippi -- Aspects of the structure of Finnish / Marja-Liisa Helasvuo -- Tests and assessment methods currently used and new ones desired by Finnish -- Speech and language therapists / Kerttu Huttunen, Leila Paavola & Anne Suvanto -- Normal and disordered phonological acquisition in Finnish / Pirjo Kulju & Tuula Savinainen-Makkonen -- Logopedic research on communication difficulties in childhood / Pirjo Korpilahti & Kaisu Heinonen -- Alternative communication form as a genuinely shared language / Kaisa Launonen -- Text production of Finnish speakers with aphasia / Anna-Maija Korpijaakko-Huuhka -- Semantic impairment in Finnish-speaking people with Alzheimer's disease: a review / Seija Pekkala -- The interplay between verbal and nonverbal behaviour in aphasic word search in conversation / Anu Klippi & Liisa Ahopalo -- The acquisition of Finnish sign language / Ritva Takkinen -- Children with cochlear implants acquiring the Finnish language / Eila Lonka -- Speech intelligibility in hearing impairment / Kerttu Huttunen -- Experiences from six years of screening for voice disorders among teacher students / Susanna Simberg & Eeva Sala