Full Description
This book describes the problems that people can experience with their voices, either by vocal misuse, psychological and physical stress, laryngeal pathologies or neurological disorders. Chapters are contributed by clinicians who have special interest and expertise in voice disorders and their management and treatment. Two strong themes are clearly identifiable in each chapter: the first is the emphasis on the physiological aspects of phonatory dysfunction, and the second is the recognition that vocal impairments can have significant social and psychosocial consequences. Many of the contributors have also addressed issues such as evidence-based practice, efficacy and the outcomes of intervention. With each new edition of this book, the chapters have grown larger. Most original chapters have been rewritten or substantially updated, and several new chapters have been added by expert practitioners in the US, the UK and Australia. The editors have produced a balanced volume which will continue to be a useful reference text for all those practitioners and students who are involved in voice care.
Contents
Preface ix
Preface to the second edition xi
Acknowledgments xii
Contributors xiii
Chapter 1 1
The physiology of phonation
Robert Fawcus
Chapter 2 18
Voice development and change throughout the life span
Margaret Freeman
Chapter 3 32
Surgical management of laryngeal disorders
Andrew Johns
Chapter 4 47
The causes and classification of voice disorders
Margaret Fawcus
Chapter 5 69
The speech and language therapist's assessment of the dysphonic patient
Paul Carding
Chapter 6 89
Children with voice problems: a perspective on treatment
Moya Andrews
Chapter 7 110
Voice disorders associated with hyperfunction
Jennifer Oates
Chapter 8 137
Psychogenic, psychological and psychosocial issues in diagnosis and therapy
Margaret Freeman
Chapter 9 156
Voice problems of speakers with dysarthria
Chapter 10 172
Vocal fold paralysis - paresis - immobility
Janina Casper
Chapter 11 192
Spasmodic dysphonia redefined: diagnosis, assessment and treatment
Renata Whurr
Chapter 12 219
Managing voice with deaf and hearing impaired speakers
Sheila Wirz
Chapter 13 234
Mutational disorders of voice
Robert Fawcus
Chapter 14 245
The voice of the transsexual
Judith Chaloner
Chapter 15 268
Post radiotherapy voice quality
Eva Carlson
Chapter 16 283
Voice care for the professional voice user
Stephanie Martin
Chapter 17 301
Phonosurgery
Marc Bouchayer and Guy Cornut
Chapter 18 319
The multidisciplinary voice clinic
Sara Harris, Tom Harris, Jacob Lieberman and Dinah Harris
References 340
Index 377
