The Voice Clinic Handbook

by Harris, Tom; Harris, Sara; Rubin, John S.; Howard, David M.

• ISBN13: 9781861560346
• ISBN10: 1861560346
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-10-27
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The first half of this book provides an outline of the structure and function of a voice clinic, a review of the structure and function of the vocal tract and an outline of the most common forms of voice disorder likely to be encountered in a clinic. It also provides brief descriptions of the various forms of therapy available for the treatment of non-cancerous voice disorder and suggests appropriate treatment modalities.The second half of the book is based in science and contains an overview of the instrumentation available for the investigation and documentation of voicing.

Author Biography

Tom Harris and Sara Harris are the authors of The Voice Clinic Handbook, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword
Preface
Introduction: The clinic	p. 1
Outline of the structure and function of the vocal tract
The structural anatomy of the larynx and supraglottic vocal tract: a review	p. 15
Vocal fold: structural and ultrastructural considerations for phonosurgeons	p. 34
Outline of common benign lesions causing dysphonia	p. 40
Mechanisms of respiration (the bellows)	p. 49
Laryngeal mechanisms in normal function and dysfunction	p. 64
Treatment modalities
Principles and techniques of manual therapy: applications in the management of dysphonia	p. 91
Speech therapy for dysphonia	p. 139
Singing and therapy	p. 207
Psychogenic factors in dysphonia	p. 246
Drugs and the pharmacological treatment of dysphonia	p. 266
Phonosurgery - the cutting edge?	p. 286
Visual observation of the laryngeal sound source and supraglottic vocal tract: an outline guide to the equipment and its use	p. 303
Equipment for measuring voice: uses and limitations
Practical voice measurement	p. 323
Index	p. 383
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