Voice disorders / Christine Sapienza, PhD, Bari Hoffman Ruddy, PhD.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sapienza, Christine M., author.

Hoffman, Bari, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Voice disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 493 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

San Diego, CA : Plural Publishing, Inc., [2018]

Summary:

The textbook offers an ideal balance of voice science with voice treatments, examining traditional interventions as well as recent advances in cellular therapies, muscle strength training, and treatments for special populations such as singers and actors and those with complex medical conditions. The Third Edition expands the approaches to voice therapy and better defines clinical decision making with information about humanistic communication strategies, adherence, and the variables that influence patient outcomes.

Contents:

Respiratory anatomy and physiology

Laryngeal anatomy and physiology

Vocal health

Evaluation

Vocal pathology

Neurologically based voice disorders

Vocal rehabilitation

Management : phonosurgery / Bari Hoffman Ruddy, Christine Sapienza, and Jeffrey J. Lehman

Team management of head and neck cancer / Bari Hoffman Ruddy, Christine Sapienza, and Vicki Lewis

Vocal performance / Bari Hoffman Ruddy, Christine Sapienza, and Adam T. Lloyd

Drug types and effects on voice

Immune system response to diseases and its impact on laryngeal function / Suzanne N. King

Laryngeal reflexes / Alyssa Huff and Teresa Pitts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-944883-93-2